Adaptive behavior rating scales are widely used assessments that ask teachers and parents to rate how well students care for themselves, interact with others, and exhibit practical and academic skills. While adaptive rating scales have yielded reliable and valid results, it is unclear how the readability of the rating forms may impact the results, especially for parents who may have lower literacy levels. Using three readability indices—the Flesch Reading Ease for English, the Fernández Huerta for Spanish, and the Automated Reading Index for both English and Spanish—the readability of the English and Spanish parent/caregiver forms of the Vineland‐3 and ABAS‐3 was assessed. Results indicated that the reading grade level equivalent of the English and Spanish versions of the ABAS‐3 was on average greater than the recommended sixth grade level. In contrast, the readability of the Spanish and English versions of the Vineland‐3 was on average sixth grade level and below. Based on these results, when using parent/caregiver adaptive behavior rating forms, school psychologists should take precautions to ensure valid results by ascertaining parent/caregiver reading proficiency, providing additional explanations as permitted by the assessment protocols, and using alternative interview forms provided by publishers as needed.

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两种适应性行为评级量表的英语和西班牙语形式的可读性

适应性行为评估量表是广泛使用的评估方法，它要求教师和家长对学生对自己的关心程度，与他人的互动以及表现出的实践和学术技能进行评估。尽管自适应评分量表产生了可靠和有效的结果，但尚不清楚评分表的可读性如何影响结果，特别是对于识字水平较低的父母而言。使用三个可读性指数-英语的Flesch阅读轻松度，西班牙语的FernándezHuerta以及英语和西班牙语的自动阅读指数-Vineland-3和ABAS-3的英语和西班牙语父母/照顾者形式的可读性为评估。结果表明，英语和西班牙语版本的ABAS-3的阅读等级平均比推荐的六年级更高。相反，Vineland-3的西班牙语和英语版本的可读性平均为六年级及以下。根据这些结果，在使用父母/照顾者适应性行为评级表时，学校心理学家应采取预防措施，通过确定父母/照顾者的阅读能力，评估协议允许的其他解释以及使用出版商​​提供的替代访谈表来确保有效的结果。如所须。