Establishing reliability and construct validity for the revised emotional social screening tool for school readiness (teacher’s form)
Abstract
School readiness assessments in South Africa are still predominantly focused on the
assessment of cognitive skills, to the detriment of socio-emotional skills. In an attempt to
bridge this gap, the Emotional Social Screening Tool for School Readiness (E3SR) was
developed, the psychometric properties of the E3SR were established and ongoing research is
currently being done to revise the instrument. The aim of this study was to establish the
reliability and construct validity of the revised E3SR teacher’s form. The study used a crosssectional
survey design to gather data. Nine preschools within the Cape Town metropolitan
area were selected to partake in the study.