COMMONLY USED ASSESSMENT and SCREENING INSTRUMENTS February 2004 Prepared for HIPPY USA By Marsha M. Black, Ph.D. University of South Florida Dept. of Child and Family Studies In collaboration with Dr. Diane Powell, Ph.D. University of South Florida Dept. of Child and Family Studies Table of Contents Introduction ...................................................................................................................................1 Assessment of Young Children ..........................................................................................2 Issues in Assessing Young Children ......................................................................3 Quality of Preschool Assessment Instruments ........................................................5 Developmental Screening ...................................................................................................5 Developmental Domains .....................................................................................................6 Measuring School Readiness ..............................................................................................7 Statistical and Measurement Concepts ...............................................................................9 Standardized Test ....................................................................................................9 Norm-Referenced Tests ...........................................................................................9 Criterion-Referenced Tests ...................................................................................10 Full Battery Assessment ........................................................................................10 Locally Constructed Tests .....................................................................................11 Psychometric Properties of Tests ..........................................................................11 Reliability ..................................................................................................11 Validity ......................................................................................................12 Test Scores ........................................................................................................................13 Raw Scores ............................................................................................................13 Derived Scores ......................................................................................................14 Normative Scores ..................................................................................................14 Standard Scores .........................................................................................14 Stanine Scores ...........................................................................................15 Normal-Curve Equivalent Scores .............................................................15 Mental Age Scores ....................................................................................16 Age-Equivalent Scores ..............................................................................16 Grade-Equivalent Scores ...........................................................................16 Percentile Rank .........................................................................................17 Guidelines for Using Individually Administered Tests ....................................................17 Selecting an Instrument From the Instrument Document ..................................................18 Criteria for Inclusion of Instruments ..................................................................................19 -i- The Assessment and Screening Instruments Document ...................................................21 Detailed Descriptions of Instruments ................................................................................23 Instrument Document .................................................................................................................25 Cognitive ...........................................................................................................................25 Boehm Test of Basic Concepts - Preschool Version .............................................25 Bracken Basic Concept Scale (BBCS-R) ..............................................................25 Brigance Diagnostic Inventory of Early Development ..........................................26 Detroit Test of Learning Aptitude - Primary Second Edition ................................27 Kaufman Survey of Early Academic and Language Skills (K-SEALS) ................27 McCarthy Scales of Children=s Abilities (MSCA) ...............................................28 Woodcock-Johnson III ...........................................................................................28 Communication .................................................................................................................29 Comprehensive Receptive and Expressive Vocabulary Test - Second Edition .....29 Expressive One-Word Picture Vocabulary Test - 2000 Edition ...........................29 Illinois Test of Psycholinguistic Abilities - Third Edition ....................................30 Oral and Written Language Scales Listening Comprehension And Oral Expression (OWLS) ...........................................................................30 Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test- III ...................................................................31 Preschool Language Scale - Third Edition (PLS-3) ..............................................31 Receptive One-Word Picture Vocabulary Test (ROWPVT) ................................32 Tests of Early Language Development - Third Edition (TELD-III) .....................32 Social-Emotional ...............................................................................................................33 Ages & Stages Questionnaire: Social-Emotional ..................................................33 Devereux Early Childhood Assessment (DECA) ..................................................33 Social Skills Rating System ...................................................................................34 Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales ......................................................................34 Vineland Social-Emotional Early Childhood Scales .............................................35 Developmental Screening ..................................................................................................36 Ages & Stages Questionnaire ................................................................................36 AGS Early Screening Profiles ................................................................................36 Battelle Developmental Inventory Screening Test .................................................37 Brigance Screens ...................................................................................................38 Denver II ................................................................................................................38 Developmental Indicators for the Assessment of Learning - Third Edition (DIAL-4) ................................................................................................................39 Early Screening Inventory-Revised (ESI-R) ..........................................................39 -ii- Parenting Knowledge and Skills ........................................................................................40 The Adult-Adolescent Parenting Inventory (AAPI-2) ...........................................40 Parent-Child Relationship Inventory......................................................................41 Parenting Stress Index- Third Edition ....................................................................42 Home Environment ............................................................................................................43 Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment (HOME) .....................43 Descriptions of Assessment Instruments....................................................................................44 Cognitive ...........................................................................................................................44 Boehm Test of Basic Concepts - Preschool Version .............................................44 Bracken Basic Concept Scale (BBCS-R) ..............................................................45 Brigance Diagnostic Inventory of Early Development ..........................................46 Detroit Test of Learning Aptitude - Primary Second Edition ................................47 Kaufman Survey of Early Academic and Language Skills (K-SEALS) ................48 McCarthy Scales of Children=s Abilities (MSCA) ...............................................49 Woodcock-Johnson III ...........................................................................................50 Communication .................................................................................................................51 Comprehensive Receptive and Expressive Vocabulary Test - Second Edition .....51 Expressive One-Word Picture Vocabulary Test - 2000 Edition ...........................52 Illinois Test of Psycholinguistic Abilities - Third Edition ....................................53 Oral and Written Language Scales Listening Comprehension And Oral Expression (OWLS) ...........................................................................54