Application School Evaluation Scale: Validity and Reliability Study

This study highlights the significance of teaching practice and the experiences gained in practice schools for prospective teachers, as they play a crucial role in professional development and educational processes. The aim of the research was to create a valid and reliable scale to assess the perceptions of prospective teachers regarding their experiences in practice schools. The study was conducted in three phases. In the first phase, the construct validity of the scale was assessed using Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) with 209 participants. In the second phase, Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) was performed with 149 participants to validate the factor structure. The third phase involved evaluating the scale's reliability through test-retest analysis with 47 prospective teachers. The results demonstrated that the scale comprises three factors: "Administrators," "Practice Teacher," and "Environment," with the proposed structure confirmed by CFA. The overall Cronbach's Alpha reliability coefficient of the scale was found to be .83, further supported by item-total correlations, item-remainder correlations, and test-retest reliability. These findings establish that the scale is a valid and reliable tool for measuring prospective teachers' perceptions, and the scale was named the "Application School Scale2 (ASS)"