Data on the Data: A Method for Improving Fidelity of Office Discipline Referral Completion

Author(s)

Paul Gavoni, Indian River State College
William Alex Edmonds, Nova Southeastern UniversityFollow
Tom D. Kennedy, Nova Southeastern UniversityFollow
Tom Gollery, Southeastern University

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

Spring 2017

Publication Title

Journal of Teacher Action Research

Volume

3

Issue/Number

2

First Page

30

ISSN

2332-2233

Last Page

44

Abstract/Excerpt

As behavior problems increase within public schools, attempts at intervention are most effective when accurate data are available for planning and assessment. The current investigation examined the relationship between predictive variables impacting the completion of office discipline referrals (ODRs); moreover, this investigation sought to demonstrate the effectiveness of a coding system developed by the researchers as a method of measuring and improving the fidelity of the completion of ODRs in a school utilizing School Wide Positive Behavior Support (SWPBS). These findings shed light on the “coding” process as a potentially viable data source.

NSUWorks Citation

Gavoni, P., Edmonds, W. A., Kennedy, T. D., Gollery, T. (2017). Data on the Data: A Method for Improving Fidelity of Office Discipline Referral Completion. Journal of Teacher Action Research, 3(2), 30-44.
Available at: https://nsuworks.nova.edu/cps_facarticles/1804