Multirater congruence on the social skills rating system: Mother father, and teacher assessments of urban head start children's social competencies

This study examined the relationships between parent and teacher and betwee n mother and father SSRS reports of 134 urban Head Start children to assess the cross-informant capacity of the SSRS. The findings documented an insig nificant relationship between parent and teacher SSRS ratings of children's social competence. The results revealed significant congruence between SSR S ratings of mothers and fathers. Mothers and fathers who reported higher l evels of sharing childcare responsibilities evidenced higher levels of agre ement on SSRS ratings of children. This study discusses the importance of H ead Start staff, parent, and research partnerships for developing scales th at have the capacity to foster home-school communications about children.