The Evaluation Self-Efficacy Scale for Assessing Progress Toward CSWE Accreditation—Related Objectives: A Replication

• Published in: Research on social work practice Vol. 18; no. 1; pp. 42 - 46
• Main Authors: Holden, Gary, Barker, Kathleen, Rosenberg, Gary, Onghena, Patrick
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Los Angeles, CA Sage Publications 01-01-2008; SAGE Publications; SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
• Subjects: Accreditation; Accreditation (Institutions); Assessment; Cognition & reasoning; Construct Validity; Courses; Educational Objectives; Epistemology; Graduate Students; Higher education; Measures (Individuals); Outcomes of Education; Pretests Posttests; Professional training; Program Effectiveness; Psychometric properties; Psychometrics; Scales; Self Efficacy; Selfefficacy; Social cognitive theory; Social Work; Social Work Education; Statistical Data; Student Evaluation; Studies; Validity; assessment; CSWE; outcome measures; educational outcomes; self-efficacy; social work education; accreditation; EPAS
• ISSN: 1049-7315; 1552-7581
• DOI: 10.1177/1049731507303954

Objective: The Evaluation Self-Efficacy Scale (ESE) is being developed as an outcomes assessment instrument for social work courses focusing on evaluation. Method: This scale, based on social cognitive theory, was pretested, revised, and then used with a final sample of 85 master's-level students in the original study. Using a single-group, pretest-posttest retrospective design, the current study (N = 111) is a direct replication of the original ESE study. Results: In this replication, Cronbach's alphas for the ESE were .95 (pretest), .95 (posttest), and .96 (retrospective pretest). Evidence for the construct validity of the ESE is obtained. Conclusion: The results provide additional evidence supporting the psychometric properties of data obtained using the ESE, suggesting that it may be appropriate for use in educational outcomes assessment in general and accreditation-related research in particular.