DEVELOPMENTAL ASSESSMENT OF YOUNG CHILDERN 4

Developmental assessment of Young children 4 (1+3)

Lesson 13:Early childhood Assessment

Tests Used For Pre-Schoolers

Preschool tests can be classified broadly in to three categories

Classification of preschool tests

Intelligence tests	Tests to measure multiple domains	Readiness/ pre-academic instruments
The most common suitable preschool tests known by Schakel (1986) as “the big 4” are WPPSI-R – Weschler preschool and Primary scale of intelligence SB: FE – Stanford – Binet : Fourth Edition K-ABC – Kaufman – Assessment Battery for children MSCA- McCarthy Scales of Children’s Abilities	Peabody Developmental Motor scale (PDMS) BRIGANCE Diagnostic Inventory of Early Development AGS Early Screening Profiles The Developmental Indicators for the Assessment of learning – Revised(DIAL-R)	Basic School skills inventory-Diagnostic (BSSI-D) Boehm test of Basic concepts – Revised (Boehm-R) Bracken Basic concept scale Assessment log and developmental progress chart - preschool Miller Assessment for preschoolers (MAP): First grade screening test kindergarten to first grade. Gesell School readiness test

1. Intelligence tests
   
   
2. Tests to measure other domains/multiple domains
   
   
3. Readiness/pre-academic instruments