Provjera metrijskih karakteristika Švicarske skale procjene kompetencija kao pokazatelja spremnosti za školu predškolske djece
Examination of the metric characteristics of a Switzerland Competence Assessment Scale as an indicator of school readiness of preschool children

Summary/Abstract: Competence is “ability at work”, ability that is recognized in a certain activity, while the formation of a competent individual begins as early as preschool. The main objective of this research was to determine the psychometric properties of the Competence Assessment Scale, based on practical experience in the Swiss canton of Glarus, and to describe readiness of children to attend school. The sample of children that involved four kindergartens in Zagreb, Split and Ivanić Grad was examined, with a mean age of 6.26±0.42 years, of which there was 112 girls and 146 boys. Behavioral characteristics of children using the Competence Assessment Scale have been evaluated by 60 children educators from 30 school groups of all kindergartens. There was a positive, although low to medium-high correlation between the estimated level of children's competencies. All items of all SPK subscales were satisfactorily saturated corresponding to principal components. However, SPK shows somewhat lower discriminability. Preliminary testing showed that SPK, applied to a sample of preschool children in Croatia provides a valid and reliable results, and as such can help in assessment of each child for school. Scale is more sensitive at lower levels of competencies, which allows for identification of children with less developed competencies, but not in assessing the most competent children.

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