Child Development Instruments
| Instrument |
Screening
or Assesment |
Domain |
Age
Range |
Assessment
Type |
Initial
Material Cost |
Reliability |
Validity |
Norming
Sample |
Ease
of Administration & Scoring |
| C |
L |
S-E |
M |
O |
| Achenbach
System of Empirically Based Assessment |
A |
|
X |
X |
|
|
1.5-5
years |
3 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
| Ages and
Stages Questionnaires |
S |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|
4-60 months |
3 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
| Ages
and Stages Questionnaires:Social-Emotional |
S |
|
|
X |
|
|
3-66 months |
3 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
Assessment,
Evaluation, and Programming System for Infants and
Children |
A |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|
0-3 years |
2,1,3 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
| Batelle
Development Inventory |
A |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|
0-8 years |
1,2,3 |
1 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
| Bayley
Scale for Infant Development, Second Edition |
A |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|
1-42 months |
1 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
| Brigance
Diagnostic Inventory of Early Development-Revised |
A |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|
0-7 years |
1,2,3 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
| Carey
Temperament Scales |
A |
|
|
X |
|
|
0-12 years |
3 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
| Carolina
Curriculum for Infants and Toddlers with Special Needs Assessment
Log II |
A/S |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|
0-2 years |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
| Denver
II Development Screening Test |
S |
|
X |
X |
X |
|
0-6 years |
1,3 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
| Developmental
Observation Checklist System |
S |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
0-6 years |
3 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
| Developmental
Profile II |
A |
X |
X |
X |
|
X |
0-7 years |
1,3 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
| Devereux
Early Childhood Assessment |
A |
|
|
X |
|
|
2-5 years |
1,2 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
3 |
| Early
Coping Inventory |
A |
|
|
X |
|
|
4-36 months |
2 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
| Early
Head Start Evaluation--Parent Interviews and Child Assessments |
A/S |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
14,24,36 months |
1,2,3 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
2,3 |
| Early
Learning Accomplishment Profile--Revised Edition |
A |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
0-36 months |
2 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
| Eyberg
Child Behavior Inventory/Sutter-Eyberg Student Behavior Inventory-Revised |
S |
|
|
X |
|
|
2-16 years |
3 |
na |
3 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
| Functional
Emotional Assessment Scale |
A |
|
|
X |
|
|
7-48 months |
2,1 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
| Hawaii
Early Learning Profile |
A |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
0-36 months |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
| High/Scope
Child Observation Record |
A |
X |
X |
X |
|
|
30-72 months |
2 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
| High/Scope
Child Observation Record for Infants and Toddlers |
A |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|
1-36 months |
2 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
3 |
| Humanics
National Infant-Toddler Assessment |
A |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|
0-3 years |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
| Infant-Toddler
Developmental Assessment |
A |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
0-42 months |
2,3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
| Infant
Toddler Social-Emotional Assessment |
S |
|
|
X |
|
|
1-4 years |
3 |
1 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
| Infant
Toddler Symptom Checklist |
S |
|
|
X |
X |
|
7-30 months |
3 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
| Leiter
International Performance Scale-Revised |
S/A |
X |
|
X |
|
|
2-20 years |
1 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
| Macarthur
Communicative Development Inventories |
A |
|
|
X |
|
|
8-30 months |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
| Mullen
Scales of Early Learning |
A |
X |
X |
|
X |
|
0-68 months |
1 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
| The
Ounce Scale |
A |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|
0-42 months |
2,3 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
| Peabody
Picture Vocabulary Test, Third Edition |
A |
|
X |
|
|
|
2.5-90 years |
1 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
| Preschool
Language Scale |
A |
|
X |
|
|
|
0-6 years |
1 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
3 |
3 |
| Receptive-Expressive
Emergent Language Test--2nd Ed. |
S |
|
X |
|
|
|
0-3 years |
1 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
| Rossetti
Infant-Toddler Language Scale |
A |
|
X |
|
|
|
0-3 years |
1,2,3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
| Temperament
and Atypical Behavior Scale |
S/A |
|
|
X |
|
|
11-71 months |
3 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
| Test
de Vocabulario en Imagenes Peabody |
A |
|
X |
|
|
|
2-18 years |
1 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
| Vineland
Adaptive Behavior Scale |
A |
|
|
X |
|
X |
0-19 years |
3 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
| Vineland
Social-Emotional Early Childhood Scales |
A |
|
|
X |
|
|
0-5 years |
3 |
1 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
| Woodcock-Johnson
III |
A |
X |
X |
|
|
X |
2-90 years |
1 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
| KEY |
Domains
C = Cognitive, problem-solving
L = Language, communication
S-E = Social, emotional
M = Motor, physical
O = Other |
Assessment Type
1 = Direct assessment
2 = Observation
3 = Parent/Teacher self report |
Initial Material Cost
1 = Under $100
2 = $100 to $200
3 = More than $200 |
Reliability
1 = None described
2 = Under .65
3 = .65 or higher |
Validity
1 = None described
2 = Under .5 for concurrent; under .4 for predictive
3 = .5 or higher for concurrent; .4 or higher for predictive |
Norming sample
1 = None described
2 = Older than 15 years, not nationally representative or representative
of EHS population
3 = Normed within past 15 years, nationally representative or representative
of EHS population |
Ease of administration and scoring
1 = Not described
2 = Self-administered or administered and scored by someone with basic
clerical skills
3 = Administered and scored by a highly trained individual |
| The information included in this table
was drawn from the manuals or other resources available from the authors
and publishers of the instruments. Individual users may have different
experiences. |
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