Standardized Tests
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Published	1984
Cost (as of 06/2001)	Complete Vineland Starter Set (includes all 3 starter sets combined - each starter set includes 10 record booklets, manual, report to parents): $169.95
Description	Classroom edition: Teacher (most familiar with child) fills out 224-item questionnaire on classroom behaviors of the child; the questionnaire responses are interpreted by "a trained professional who has a graduate degree in assessment and test interpretation." Interview edition: Filled out by parent, caregiver or someone who knows individual well. 297 items (survey form), or 577 items (expanded form-- more detail on behaviors), given by trained administrator. Rating scale: 0=never performs activity, 1=sometimes or with partial success, 2=usually or habitually.
URL	http://www.runet.edu/~kassmith/Syllabi/Vineland or http://www.education.ucsb.edu/~schpsych /Ed266B%20Files/Vineland_Ed266D_Web/ tsld002.htm
Content: What it Tests	Adaptive behaviors: typical behaviors, not ability, of the performance of daily activities required for personal and social sufficiency, skills relevant to negotiation of environment, capacity to care for self. Focus on what they do not what they can do. Domains measured are communication, daily living skills, socialization, motor skills (up to age 5-11-30, nonhandicapped), and maladaptive behavior domain (optional).
Time	Classroom edition: 20 minutes. Interview edition (survey form): 20-60 minutes. Interview edition (expanded form): 60-90 minutes.
Age	Classroom edition: 3;0 - 12; 11 Interview edition: birth - 18; 11 and low functioning adults
Scores Provided	Standard scores (mean 100, SD 15); percentile ranks; supplementary percentile ranks by disability; stanines; adaptive levels; age equivalents; scores found by combining "observed performance" (definite knowledge) and "estimated performance"' (unsure or little observation) into one raw score.
Reliability	Strong Reliability Scores: Internal consistency: survey form: domains = .83-.90; adaptive behavior composite = .94 (split half means) Expanded form: domains = .91-.95; adaptive behavior composite = .97 (split half means) Classroom edition: domains = .80-.95; adaptive behavior composite = .98 (coefficient alpha means) Test-retest: survey form: domains = .81-.86; adaptive behavior composite = .88 (reliability coefficients) Interrater: survey form: domains = .62-.78; adaptive behaviors composite = .74 (correlations)
Validity	Content, construct validity strong -- no specific data available.

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