This letter confirms that Marvin Price, Jr. has completed School-Age Program Quality Assessment External Assessor Reliability Training in October 2014. He has met all the requirements to be endorsed by the WeikartCenter as a reliable assessor for the School-Age Program Quality Assessment, Form A and has attained acceptable precision for observational data collection in WeikartCenter research studies. His endorsed assessor status applies to Form A of the 2012 published version of the School-Age PQA.
1. 10/27/2014
Dear Marvin Price,Jr,
GreetingsandCongratulations!
Thisletteristo confirmthatyou have completed2daysof School-Age ProgramQualityAssessment
External AssessorReliabilityTraininginOctober,2014. You have met all requirementstobe endorsedby
the WeikartCenterforYouth ProgramQualityas a reliable assessorforthe School-Age ProgramQuality
Assessment(School-AgePQA),FormA.Youhave attainedacceptable precisionforobservational data
collectioninWeikartCenterresearchstudies.
Your EndorsedAssessorstatusappliestoFormA of the currentSchool-Age PQA (2012 published
version).Atthe date of thisletter,the criterionforacceptable reliabilityis80% perfectagreementatthe
itemlevel withanchorscores.Thiscriteriaorprocessmaychange in the future.
For outside studiesandexternal assessmentpurposes,we recommendthatyourefreshyourreliability
everytwelve monthsorat the onsetof any new data collectionproject.Forre-endorsementpurposes
youmay considerthe date of thisletterto be the start date of your EndorsedAssessorstatus.
Sincerely,
CharlesSmith Joe Bertoletti
WeikartCenterExecutive Director Director,FieldServices