Early Childhood Measures Profiles

Prepared by:
Child Trends

Project Coordinators:
Daniel J. Berry, Lisa J. Bridges, and Martha J. Zaslow

Authors of Early Childhood Measures Profiles:
Lisa J. Bridges, Daniel J. Berry, Rosalind Johnson, Julia Calkins, Nancy Geyelin Margie, Stephanie W. Cochran, Thomson J. Ling, and Martha J. Zaslow
Child Trends

Authors of Early Head Start Measures Section:
Allison Sidle Fuligni and Cristy Brady-Smith
Center for Children and Families, Teachers College, Columbia University

Full report in PDF format (3.56MB)

Contents

Acknowledgements

Chapters

• Approaches to Learning Measures
  • Adapted EZ-Yale Personality/Motivation Questionnaire (Adapted EZPQ)
    1. Background Information
    2. Administration of Measure
    3. Functioning of Measure
    4. Examples of Studies Examining Measure in Relation to Environmental Variation (specify if intervention)
    5. Adaptations of Measure
  • ECLS-K Adaptation of the Social Skills Rating System (SSRS), Task Orientation/Approaches to Learning Scale
    1. Background Information
    2. Administration of Measure
    3. Functioning of Measure
    4. Examples of Studies Examining Measure in Relation to Environmental Variation (specify if intervention)
    5. Adaptations of Measure
  • Games as Measurement for Early Self-Control (GAMES)
    1. Background Information
    2. Administration of Measure
    3. Functioning of Measure
    4. Examples of Studies Examining Measure in Relation to Environmental Variation (specify if intervention)
    5. Adaptations of Measure
  • NEPSY
    1. Background Information
    2. Administration of Measure
    3. Functioning of Measure
    4. Examples of Studies Examining Measure in Relation to Environmental Variation (specify if intervention)
    5. Adaptations of Measure
  • References for Approaches to Learning Measures
• General Cognitive Measures
  • Bayley Scales of Infant Development – Second Edition (BSID-II), Mental Scale and Mental Development Index
    1. Background Information
    2. Administration of Measure
    3. Functioning of Measure
    4. Examples of Studies Examining Measure in Relation to Environmental Variation (specify if intervention)
    5. Adaptations of Measure
       Bayley Short Form – Research Edition (BSF-R)
  • Bayley Basic Concept Scale – Revised (BBCS-R)
    1. Background Information
    2. Administration of Measure
    3. Functioning of Measure
    4. Examples of Studies Examining Measure in Relation to Environmental Variation (specify if intervention)
    5. Adaptations of Measure
  • Bayley Short Form – Research Edition (BSF-R)
    1. Background Information
    2. Administration of Measure
    3. Functioning of Measure
    4. Examples of Studies Examining Measure in Relation to Environmental Variation (specify if intervention)
    5. Adaptations of Measure
       Spanish Version
  • Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children (K-ABC)
    1. Background Information
    2. Administration of Measure
    3. Functioning of Measure
    4. Examples of Studies Examining Measure in Relation to Environmental Variation (specify if intervention)
    5. Adaptations of Measure
  • Peabody Individual Achievement Test – Revised (PIAT-R)
    1. Background Information
    2. Administration of Measure
    3. Functioning of Measure
    4. Examples of Studies Examining Measure in Relation to Environmental Variation (specify if intervention)
    5. Adaptations of Measure
  • Primary Test of Cognitive Skills (PTCS)
    1. Background Information
    2. Administration of Measure
    3. Functioning of Measure
    4. Examples of Studies Examining Measure in Relation to Environmental Variation (specify if intervention)
    5. Adaptations of Measure
  • Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale, Fourth Edition (SB-IV)
    1. Background Information
    2. Administration of Measure
    3. Functioning of Measure
    4. Examples of Studies Examining Measure in Relation to Environmental Variation (specify if intervention)
    5. Adaptations of Measure
  • Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence – Third Edition (WPPSI-III)
    1. Background Information
    2. Administration of Measure
    3. Functioning of Measure
    4. Examples of Studies Examining Measure in Relation to Environmental Variation (specify if intervention)
    5. Adaptations of Measure
  • Woodcock-Johnson III (WJ III)
    1. Background Information
    2. Administration of Measure
    3. Functioning of Measure
    4. Examples of Studies Examining Measure in Relation to Environmental Variation (specify if intervention)
    5. Adaptations of Measure
       Spanish Version of WJ III
  • References for General Cognitive Measures
• Language Measures
  • Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals – Preschool (CELF-Preschool)
    1. Background Information
    2. Administration of Measure
    3. Functioning of Measure
    4. Examples of Studies Examining Measure in Relation to Environmental Variation (specify if intervention)
    5. Adaptations of Measure
  • Expressive One-Word Picture Vocabulary Test (EOWPVT)
    1. Background Information
    2. Administration of Measure
    3. Functioning of Measure
    4. Examples of Studies Examining Measure in Relation to Environmental Variation (specify if intervention)
    5. Adaptations of Measure
       Spanish-Bilingual Version
  • Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children (K-ABC), Expressive Vocabulary Subtest
    1. Background Information
    2. Administration of Measure
    3. Functioning of Measure
    4. Examples of Studies Examining Measure in Relation to Environmental Variation (specify if intervention)
    5. Adaptations of Measure
  • MacArthur Communicative Development Inventories (CDI)
    1. Background Information
    2. Administration of Measure
    3. Functioning of Measure
    4. Examples of Studies Examining Measure in Relation to Environmental Variation (specify if intervention)
    5. Adaptations of Measure
       Non-English Language Versions
  • Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test – Third Edition (PPVT-III)
    1. Background Information
    2. Administration of Measure
    3. Functioning of Measure
    4. Examples of Studies Examining Measure in Relation to Environmental Variation (specify if intervention)
    5. Adaptations of Measure
       Spanish Version of PPVT-III
  • Preschool Language Scale – Fourth Edition (PLS-4)
    1. Background Information
    2. Administration of Measure
    3. Functioning of Measure
    4. Examples of Studies Examining Measure in Relation to Environmental Variation (specify if intervention)
    5. Adaptations of Measure
  • Reynell Developmental Language Scales: U.S. Edition (RDLS)
    1. Background Information
    2. Administration of Measure
    3. Functioning of Measure
    4. Examples of Studies Examining Measure in Relation to Environmental Variation (specify if intervention)
    5. Adaptations of Measure
  • Sequenced Inventory of Communication Development – Revised (SICD-R)
    1. Background Information
    2. Administration of Measure
    3. Functioning of Measure
    4. Examples of Studies Examining Measure in Relation to Environmental Variation (specify if intervention)
    5. Adaptations of Measure
       Yup’ik Sequenced Inventory of Communication Development
       SICD for Autistic and “Difficult-to-Test” Children
       SICD for Hearing-Impaired Children
  • Test of Early Language Development – Third Edition (TELD-3)
    1. Background Information
    2. Administration of Measure
    3. Functioning of Measure
    4. Examples of Studies Examining Measure in Relation to Environmental Variation (specify if intervention)
    5. Adaptations of Measure
  • References for Language Measures
• Literacy Measures
  • Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills 6^th Edition (DIBELS)
    1. Background Information
    2. Administration of Measure
    3. Functioning of Measure
    4. Examples of Studies Examining Measure in Relation to Environmental Variation (specify if intervention)
    5. Adaptations of Measure
       DIBELS-M
       Spanish Language Version
  • Test of Early Reading Abililty-3 (TERA-3)
    1. Background Information
    2. Administration of Measure
    3. Functioning of Measure
    4. Examples of Studies Examining Measure in Relation to Environmental Variation (specify if intervention)
    5. Adaptations of Measure
  • Woodcock-Johnson III (WJ III) Measures Relevant to Phonological Skills
    1. Background Information
    2. Administration of Measure
    3. Functioning of Measure
    4. Examples of Studies Examining Measure in Relation to Environmental Variation (specify if intervention)
    5. Adaptations of Measure
       Spanish Version of WJ III
  • Woodcock-Johnson III (WJ III) Measures Relevant to Print Skills
    1. Background Information
    2. Administration of Measure
    3. Functioning of Measure
    4. Examples of Studies Examining Measure in Relation to Environmental Variation (specify if intervention)
    5. Adaptations of Measure
       Spanish Version of WJ III
  • References for Literacy Measures
• Math Measures
  • Bracken Basic Concept Scale – Revised (BBCS-R), Math Subtests
    1. Background Information
    2. Administration of Measure
    3. Functioning of Measure
    4. Examples of Studies Examining Measure in Relation to Environmental Variation (specify if intervention)
    5. Adaptations of Measure
       Spanish Version
  • Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children (K-ABC), Arithmetic Subtest
    1. Background Information
    2. Administration of Measure
    3. Functioning of Measure
    4. Examples of Studies Examining Measure in Relation to Environmental Variation (specify if intervention)
    5. Adaptations of Measure
  • Peabody Individual Achievement Test – Revised (PIAT-R), Mathematics Subtest
    1. Background Information
    2. Administration of Measure
    3. Functioning of Measure
    4. Examples of Studies Examining Measure in Relation to Environmental Variation (specify if intervention)
    5. Adaptations of Measure
  • Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale, Fourth Edition, Quantitative Subtest
    1. Background Information
    2. Administration of Measure
    3. Functioning of Measure
    4. Examples of Studies Examining Measure in Relation to Environmental Variation (specify if intervention)
    5. Adaptations of Measure
  • Test of Early Mathematics Ability – Second Edition (TEMA-2)
    1. Background Information
    2. Administration of Measure
    3. Functioning of Measure
    4. Examples of Studies Examining Measure in Relation to Environmental Variation (specify if intervention)
    5. Adaptations of Measure
       Short Form of the TEMA-2
  • Woodcock-Johnson III Tests of Achievement (WJ III ACH), Math Subtests
    1. Background Information
    2. Administration of Measure
    3. Functioning of Measure
    4. Examples of Studies Examining Measure in Relation to Environmental Variation (specify if intervention)
    5. Adaptations of Measure
       Spanish Version of WJ III
  • References for Math Measures
• Ongoing Observational Measures
  • Creative Curriculum Developmental Continuum for Ages 3-5
    1. Background Information
    2. Administration of Measure
    3. Functioning of Measure
    4. Examples of Studies Examining Measure in Relation to Environmental Variation (specify if intervention)
    5. Adaptations of Measure
       Spanish Version of Creative Curriculum
  • The Galileo System for the Electronic Management of Learning (Galileo)
    1. Background Information
    2. Administration of Measure
    3. Functioning of Measure
    4. Examples of Studies Examining Measure in Relation to Environmental Variation (specify if intervention)
    5. Adaptations of Measure
       Galileo Scale Builder
  • High/Scope Child Observation Record (COR)
    1. Background Information
    2. Administration of Measure
    3. Functioning of Measure
    4. Examples of Studies Examining Measure in Relation to Environmental Variation (specify if intervention)
    5. Adaptations of Measure
  • The Work Sampling System (WSS)
    1. Background Information
    2. Administration of Measure
    3. Functioning of Measure
    4. Examples of Studies Examining Measure in Relation to Environmental Variation (specify if intervention)
    5. Adaptations of Measure
       Spanish Language Versions
  • References for Ongoing Observational Measures
• Social-Emotional Measures
  • Bayley Scales of Infant Development – Second Edition (BSID-II), Behavioral Rating Scale (BRS)
    1. Background Information
    2. Administration of Measure
    3. Functioning of Measure
    4. Examples of Studies Examining Measure in Relation to Environmental Variation (specify if intervention)
    5. Adaptations of Measure
  • Behavioral Assessment System for Children (BASC)
    1. Background Information
    2. Administration of Measure
    3. Functioning of Measure
    4. Examples of Studies Examining Measure in Relation to Environmental Variation (specify if intervention)
    5. Adaptations of Measure
       Spanish Version of the BASC Parent Rating Scales
  • Child Behavior Checklist/1½ -5 (CBCL/1½-5) and Caregiver-Teacher Report Form (C-TRF)
    1. Background Information
    2. Administration of Measure
    3. Functioning of Measure
    4. Examples of Studies Examining Measure in Relation to Environmental Variation (specify if intervention)
    5. Adaptations of Measure
       The Behavior Problems Index (BPI)
  • Conners’ Rating Scales – Revised (CRS-R)
    1. Background Information
    2. Administration of Measure
    3. Functioning of Measure
    4. Examples of Studies Examining Measure in Relation to Environmental Variation (specify if intervention)
    5. Adaptations of Measure
  • Devereux Early Childhood Assessment (DECA)
    1. Background Information
    2. Administration of Measure
    3. Functioning of Measure
    4. Examples of Studies Examining Measure in Relation to Environmental Variation (specify if intervention)
    5. Adaptations of Measure
       Spanish Version of the DECA
  • Infant-Toddler Social and Emotional Assessment (ITSEA)
    1. Background Information
    2. Administration of Measure
    3. Functioning of Measure
    4. Examples of Studies Examining Measure in Relation to Environmental Variation (specify if intervention)
    5. Adaptations of Measure
  • Social Competence and Behavior Evaluation (SCBE) – Preschool Edition
    1. Background Information
    2. Administration of Measure
    3. Functioning of Measure
    4. Examples of Studies Examining Measure in Relation to Environmental Variation (specify if intervention)
    5. Adaptations of Measure
       SCBE-30
       Spanish Version of the SCBE
  • Social Skills Rating System (SSRS)
    1. Background Information
    2. Administration of Measure
    3. Functioning of Measure
    4. Examples of Studies Examining Measure in Relation to Environmental Variation (specify if intervention)
    5. Adaptations of Measure
       ECLS-K Revision
  • Vineland Social-Emotional Early Childhood Scales (SEEC)
    1. Background Information
    2. Administration of Measure
    3. Functioning of Measure
    4. Examples of Studies Examining Measure in Relation to Environmental Variation (specify if intervention)
    5. Adaptations of Measure
  • References for Social-Emotional Measures
• Early Head Start Measures
  • Early Head Start – List of Measures
    1. Social Emotional
    2. Cognitive
    3. Mastery
    4. Language
    5. Parenting
    6. Parent Mental Health/Family Functioning
    7. Quality of the Home Environment
    8. Quality of the Child Care Setting
  • Nursing Child Assessment Satellite Training (NCAST): Teaching Task Scales
    1. Background Information
    2. Administration of Measure
    3. Functioning of Measure
    4. Examples of Studies Examining Measure in Relation to Environmental Variation (specify if intervention)
    5. Adaptations of Measure
       The Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Project
  • Child-Parent Rating Scales for the Puzzle Challenge Task
    1. Background Information
    2. Administration of Measure
    3. Functioning of Measure
    4. Examples of Studies Examining Measure in Relation to Environmental Variation (specify if intervention)
    5. Adaptations of Measure
  • Child-Parent Interaction Rating Scales for the Three-Bag Assessment
    1. Background Information
    2. Administration of Measure
    3. Functioning of Measure
    4. Examples of Studies Examining Measure in Relation to Environmental Variation (specify if intervention)
    5. Adaptations of Measure

Acknowledgements

This project was made possible by support from the SEED Consortium of federal agencies to the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Family and Child Well-being Research Network (Grant 1U101 HD 37558-01). The SEED Consortium (Science and the Ecology of Early Development) involves federal agencies working together to lay the groundwork for and fund research on issues pertaining to the development of young children, and especially how specific environments (ecologies) can best suport early development. The SEED Consortium agencies that sponsored the present project include the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and the Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation of the Administration for Children and Families of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, including the Head Start Bureau and the Child Care Bureau.

The authors thank the following Child Trends staff members for their input into and work on this project: Jacinta Bronte-Tinkew, Kevin Cleveland, Michelle McNamara, LaShaunda Gayden, and Laura Wandner.

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Last revised:  12/04/06