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James P. Canfield, Dana Harley, Martell L. Teasley, Joseph Nolan, Validating the McKinney–Vento Act Implementation Scale: Examining the Factor Structure and Reliability, Children & Schools, Volume 39, Issue 1, 1 January 2017, Pages 53–60, https://doi.org/10.1093/cs/cdw047
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Abstract
The McKinney–Vento Act (MVA) is the major federal policy that addresses the educational needs of homeless children in the United States. Given the dearth of research on its application, the McKinney–Vento Act Implementation Scale (MVAIS) was developed and validated for assessing the perceptions of MVA implementation among school social workers. However, the authors hypothesize that the scale may have utility for school-based professions other than social work. This study tests the factor structure and reliability for MVAIS with a sample from the faculty and staff of an entire school district. Data were collected through e-mail solicitation. An analysis was conducted on the factor structure and reliability of MVAIS, and the hypothesized factor structure was confirmed. Findings indicate that MVAIS has high levels of reliability. MVAIS may be appropriate for use with populations other than school social workers based on the psychometric findings of this study. This article concludes with a discussion of the future implications of a validated scale measuring perceptions of MVA implementation.