Advancing teacher candidates’ overall competence through use of valid teacher observation systems should be an essential element of teacher preparation. Yet, the field of special education has not provided observation protocols designed specifically for preservice teachers that are founded in theoretical perspectives and research on effective instruction for students with learning and other high-incidence disabilities (SWDs). To address this need, a group of researchers in special education teacher preparation and measurement developed the Preservice Observation Instrument for Special Education (POISE). The POISE is an observation system rooted in effective special education practices that support the growth of preservice teachers who will serve SWD across instructional settings. The purpose of this article is to report on the development and psychometric properties of the POISE. Specifically, we employed Kane’s argument-based validity approach to frame each stage in the development process of the POISE. We conducted two phases of content validation activities, development activities, and a pilot study to assess the degree to which scores from POISE provided evidence for the scoring, generalizability, and extrapolation inferences. In the end, the POISE represents a promising observation instrument for the development of special education teacher candidates.

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特殊教育中的职前观察：一项验证研究

通过使用有效的教师观察系统提高教师候选人的整体能力应该是教师准备的一个基本要素。然而，特殊教育领域并没有提供专门为职前教师设计的观察协议，这些协议建立在理论视角和研究有效指导有学习和其他高发病率残疾 (SWD) 的学生的基础上。为了满足这一需求，一组特殊教育教师准备和测量方面的研究人员开发了特殊教育职前观察仪器 (POISE)。POISE 是一个观察系统，植根于有效的特殊教育实践，支持在整个教学环境中为 SWD 服务的职前教师的成长。本文的目的是报告 POISE 的发展和心理测量特性。具体来说，我们采用凯恩的基于论证的有效性方法来构建 POISE 开发过程中的每个阶段。我们进行了两个阶段的内容验证活动、开发活动和一项试点研究，以评估 POISE 的分数为评分、概括性和推断推断提供证据的程度。最后，POISE 代表了一种有前途的特殊教育教师候选人发展观察工具。以及评估 POISE 分数为评分、概括性和外推推断提供证据的程度的试点研究。最后，POISE 代表了一种有前途的特殊教育教师候选人发展观察工具。以及评估 POISE 分数为评分、概括性和外推推断提供证据的程度的试点研究。最后，POISE 代表了一种有前途的特殊教育教师候选人发展观察工具。