Provider uses a developmental assessment tool that is valid and reliable.

To meet this Standard: If submitting copies a copy of one of the valid and reliable developmental assessment tools from the list below, submit:

• One copy of a completed developmental assessment tool for 1 child.

OR
If selecting "Other", submit ALL of the following:

• One copy of a completed developmental assessment form for 1 child.
• Show evidence that the tool is designed for the purpose of assessment (not screening).
• Show evidence that the assessment tool is appropriate for use with children between birth and age five.
• Show evidence that the assessment tool covers multiple developmental domains (e.g. physical, social and emotional, cognitive, and language).
• Show evidence that the assessment tool is valid and reliable (e.g. reference(s) to applicable studies AND research).

Attention:

• MUST be a child assessment tool (not child screening tool).
• Redact/remove identifying information (names, addresses, etc.).
• All pages of the developmental assessment tool MUST be uploaded; no partial copies.

List of valid and reliable developmental assessment tools listed below:

• Creative Curriculum Developmental Continuum Assessment.
• Bayley Scale of Infant and Toddler Development.
• Brigance Inventories.
• Galileo Preschool Assessment Scales.
• High Scope Child Observation Record (COR).
• Learning Accomplishment ProfileDiagnostic (English or Spanish).
• Mullen Scales of Early Learning.
• Ounce Scale.
• Work Sampling System.
• Teaching Strategies.
• GOLD.
• Other - Additional documentation is required, see above.

Valid and reliable assessment tools have been shown to give meaningful information about a child’s development and can effectively help identify developmental delays, if any exist.

Valid: An assessment is valid when it measures what we want it to measure and not something else.

Reliable: A sound assessment is reliable when the assessment is conducted accurately and consistently over time. The procedure would yield similar results if repeated or if done by different people.