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Predicting school performance with the early screening inventory
Author(s) -
Meisels Samuel J.,
Wiske Martha Stone,
Tivnan Terrence
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
psychology in the schools
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.738
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1520-6807
pISSN - 0033-3085
DOI - 10.1002/1520-6807(198401)21:1<25::aid-pits2310210105>3.0.co;2-6
Subject(s) - psychology , screening test , test validity , reliability (semiconductor) , test (biology) , achievement test , developmental psychology , psychometrics , academic achievement , standardized test , mathematics education , medicine , pediatrics , paleontology , power (physics) , physics , quantum mechanics , biology
Criteria are proposed for defining and selecting preschool developmental screening instruments. These criteria include the purpose, breadth, and psychometric properties of screening tests. The Early Screening Inventory (ESI) is a developmental screening instrument designed to satisfy these criteria. The test samples developmental, rather than school achievement, abilities and focuses on performance in a wide range of developmental areas. The results of several reliability and validity studies performed on the ESI are presented, demonstrating that the ESI predicts school performance with moderate to excellent accuracy through the end of second grade. The usefulness and limitations of the ESI in predicting school performance from kindergarten to grade four are discussed.