About the Measure
Domains | Omnibus |
Subscales | Provides milestones per age for developmental age |
Target Construct | Oral language: Receptive and expressive language Literacy Numeracy: General concepts. Social emotional: Play skills and behaviours, engagement and initiative skills. |
Description | To assess and track the developmental skills of children aged birth to seven years in eleven broad skill areas: Preambulatory Motor Skills and Behaviours, Gross-Motor Skills and Behaviours, Fine-Motor Skills and Behaviours, Self-Help Skills, Speech and Language Skills, General Knowledge and Comprehension, Social and Emotional Development, Readiness, and Basic Reading Skills Manuscript Writing. |
Test Authors | Brigance, A. |
Publisher | Curriculum Associates, Inc. (2010) |
Psychometry | |
Implementation |
Implementation details
Respondent | Child |
Prior knowledge Required | Teachers and other educators |
Scoring | Transparent scoring, clear criteria |
Time | 30 to 60 minutes |
Age | Early childhood screen 0 to 35 months, Early childhood screen II (3 to 5 years), K & 1 screen (Kindergarten and 1st grade) |
Psychometric details
UK norms | NO |
Norm / Criterion referenced | Criterion referenced |
Standardisation sample | 1121 |
Reliability | Not reported for criterion referenced. For norm referenced it was .65 to .79. |
Criterion validity | .50 to .69 |
Construct validity | Construct validity resulted from the correlations of the K&1 screen with: a) the Preschool Screen (r 5.74); b) the Brigance Teacher’s Checklist (r 5 . 66); and c) the K-ABC Mental Processing Composite (r 5 .61). In addition, moderate correlations were obtained between the K&1 screen and the achievement subscales of the K-ABC (r 5 .64, .45, and .43 for the Arithmetic, Riddles, and Reading/Decoding subtests, respectively). Analysis of developmental trends. Scores on the K&1 screen were analysed Correlations of the K&1 screen with: a) the Preschool Screen (.74); b) the Brigance Teacher’s Checklist (. 66); and c) the K-ABC Mental Processing Composite ( .61). |
Concurrent validity | Moderate correlations were obtained between the K&1 screen and the achievement subscales of the K-ABC (.64, .45, and .43 for the Arithmetic, Riddles, and Reading/Decoding subtests, respectively) |