The stability and interrater reliability of the Teacher Rating Scale of the Behavior Rating Profile (Brown & Hammill, 1983) was examined for 37 learning-disabled elementary school students. Test-retest reliability coefficients were high for ratings of regular classroom teachers and resource room teachers over a 3-week interval. However, interrater reliability between these two types of teacher raters was low, with resource room teachers rating student behavior as less deviant than regular classroom teachers.
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