Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• maryam Ghasemian Dazmiri ¹
• siamak samani ²

¹ Department of psychology, Marvdasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, Marvdasht, Iran

² Department of Psychology, Shiraz branch, Islamic Azad university, Shiraz, Iran

Abstract

This study was conducted to explain the psychometric characteristics of the primary assessment scale for children entering primary school. The statistical population of the study includes new students entering the primary school in the city of Shiraz. To conduct this study, 200 male and female primary school students from four districts of Shiraz were randomly selected of primary school students who were assessed twice using the Wechsler IQ test with a time interval of three months. The data collection instrument was the Wechsler Intelligence Test for Children (WISC-R) and the Primary Assessment Scale for Children. The research method is survey and study of various indicators of reliability and validity. Pearson correlation coefficient was to study convergent, divergent and retest validity and Pearson correlation test was used to study the discriminating power of primary measurement instruments. Differential analysis was used to examine the discriminating power of primary measurement instruments. All these analyses were performed using the SPSS software version 23. The results of the study indicate a very strong and significant relationship between the measurement instrument and the Wechsler IQ test (r=0.98), and the analysis of the results showed that this instrument had sufficient validity, convergent and divergent validity, and high discriminant validity, which indicates the high adequacy of the measurement tool in screening the level of academic readiness of children when entering primary school.

Keywords

• Psychometrics"
• " instruments"
• "children