Manual Scoring

RCADS-47 Manual Scoring:

To score the RCADS manually, each item is assigned a numerical value from 0-3, where 0 = Never, 1 = Sometimes, 2 = Often, and 3 = Always. For each subscale add the numerical values for each item together. The items that comprise each subscale are listed below. For example, for Generalized Anxiety you would add the numerical values for items 1, 13, 22, 27, 35, and 37. Thus, the highest score possible is 18, the lowest 0. 

Missing data for raw scores can be handled by prorating the remaining items within a scale. It is recommended that scales with more than 2 missing items are not scored. Likewise, the total anxiety score can have up to 10 missing items, but only if each subscale has no more than 2 missing; and the total anxiety and depression score can have up to 12 missing items, but only if each subscale has no more than 2 missing items. To estimate the scale score, take the sum of the completed items within that scale and divide that by the number of items completed, then multiple by the total number of items in that scale, and then round the result. For example, if one item is missing from the separation anxiety scale (which has seven items), and the 6 completed items sum to 4, you would divide 4 by 6 (0.67), and then multiply by 7, which would yield 4.67, which then rounds to 5. Thus, you would count the score as a 5 not a 4 because of the prorating.

Using the raw score for each subscale, look up the corresponding T-score from the appropriate grade level chart in the T-Score Conversion Tables for RCADS-47 here. For example, if the raw score for a girl in 5th grade on the SP (Social Phobia) subscale was 12, the T-score would be 48. 

RCADS-25 Manual Scoring:

To score the RCADS-25 manually, each item is assigned a numerical value from 0-3, where 0 = Never, 1 = Sometimes, 2 = Often, and 3 = Always. The Total Depression subscale is comprised of 10 items, and the Total Anxiety subscale is comprised of 15 items. For each subscale add the numerical values for each item together. The items that comprise each subscale are listed below. For example, for Total Depression you would add the numerical values for items 1, 4, 8, 10, 13, 15, 16, 19, 21, 24. Thus, the highest score possible is 30, the lowest 0. 

Missing data for raw scores can be handled by prorating the remaining items within each scale. It is recommended that the Total Depression subscale should not be scored if it is missing more than 2 items. It is recommended that the Total Anxiety subscale should not be scored if it is missing more than 3 items. To estimate the scale score, take the sum of the completed items within that scale and divide that by the number of items completed, then multiple by the total number of items in that scale, and then round the result. For example, if one item is missing from the Total Depression subscale (which has 10 items), and the 9 completed items sum to 25, you would divide 25 by 9 (2.78), and then multiply by 10, which would yield 27.8, which then rounds to 28. Thus, you would count the score as a 28 not a 25 because of the prorating.

NEW!!  Using the raw score for each subscale, look up the corresponding T-score from the appropriate grade level chart in the T-Score Conversion Tables for RCADS-25 here.  For example, if the raw score for a boy in 7th grade on the Depression subscale was 13, the T-score would be 65.