A comparison of special education teacher and psychologist scoring of the Bender Visual Motor Gestalt Test

✍ Scribed by Glen G. Fosteb; Debora G. Boeck; James Reese

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1976
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 228 KB
• Volume: 13
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0033-3085
• DOI: 10.1002/1520-6807(197604)13:2<146::aid-pits2310130206>3.0.co;2-8

✦ Synopsis

Ten learning disabilities resource room teachers were provided with inservice training in the administration of the Bender Visual Motor Gestalt Test (BVMGT) and the Koppitz (1964) scoring system. Following this training the teachers administered the BVMGT to students in grades 1-6 and scored each protocol using the Koppitz scoring system. Two certified school psychologists then independently scored a random selection of teacher-administered and scored BVMGT protocols. Results of these ratings were used to analyze the interrater consistencies for the groups of raters. The reported correlations between teachers and school psychologists compared favorably to correlations between school psychologists as well as t o interrater reliabilities reported in t,he literature. The results of this investigation indicate that the Koppitz scoring system may be reliably used by special education teachers who are provided appropriate inservice training.