ACF OPRE: Performance Measures for Head Start Programs Serving Infants and Toddlers

Instrument	Screening or Assesment	Domain					Age Range	Assessment Type	Initial Material Cost	Reliability	Validity	Norming Sample	Ease of Administration & Scoring
Instrument	Screening or Assesment	C	L	S-E	M	O	Age Range	Assessment Type	Initial Material Cost	Reliability	Validity	Norming Sample	Ease of Administration & Scoring
Adult-Adolescent Parenting Inventory-2	S		X		X	X	13+ years	3	2	3	3	3	2
Beck Anxiety Inventory	S			X			17-80 years	3	1	3	3	2	2
Beck Depression Inventory-Second Edition	S			X			13-80 years	3	1	3	3	2	2
Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale	S			X			18+ years	3	1	2	3	1	2
Child Abuse Potential Inventory	S		X	X	X		Unspecified	3	2	3	2	1	2
Composite International Diagnostic Interview	A?			X			Adults	3	2	3	3	1	3
Conflict Tactics Scales, Parent-Child Version	S		X				Unspecified	3	1	2	1	1	2
Confusion, Hubbub, and Order Scale	S	X					Unspecified	3	1	3	2	1	2
Early Head Start National Evaluation Questionnaires	NA		X
Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale	S			X	16+ years	3	1	1	3	1	2
Family Environment Scale	A	X					Unspecified	3	3	3	1	2	2
Family Needs Scale	S				X		Unspecified	3	1	3	2	1	2
Family Resource Scale	S				X		Unspecified	3	1	3	3	1	2
Family Support Scale	S				X		Unspecified	3	1	2	2	1	2
Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment	S	X	X				0-3 years	2,3	1	2	2	1	2
Infant-Toddler and Family Instrument	S	X	X			X	6-47 months	1,2	1	1	1	1	3
Kempe Family Stress Inventory	S		X				Unspecified	1	1	3	2	1	3
Knowledge of Infant Development Inventory	S		X				Unspecified	1	1	3	2	1	3
Nursing Child Assessment Teaching Scales	A		X				0-36 months	2	2	3	2	2	3
Parenting Stress Index	S		X				0-12 months	1	2	3	3	2	3
Support Functions Scale	S				X		Unspecified	3	1	2	2	1	2

KEY
Domains H = Home environment P = Parenting, parent-child relationship PE = Parent mental health F = Family functioning, support O = Other	Assessment Type 1 = Direct assessment 2 = Observation 3 = Parent/ 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
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
a 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. (back)