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Table 5 Mathematical assessments and screeners identified in the current review to have multiple dimensions of acceptable psychometric evidence

From: Measuring Mathematical Skills in Early Childhood: a Systematic Review of the Psychometric Properties of Early Maths Assessments and Screeners

Measurement Tool

Acceptable Psychometric Evidence

Co.V

SV

IC

R

Cr.V

Total

Mathematical assessments

      

  Early Measurement Assessment Tool (EMAT)

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

5

  Early Learning Outcomes Measure (ELOM)

-

✓

✓

✓

✓

4

  The International Development and Early Learning Assessment (IDELA)-Emergent Numeracy

✓

✓

-

✓

✓

4

  Research-Based Early Mathematics Assessment- Short Form (REMA-SF)

-

✓

✓

✓

✓

4

  Teacher Rating Scale – Early Numeracy (TRS-EN)

-

✓

✓

-

✓

3

  The Utrecht Test of Early Numeracy (ENT) Test

✓

-

✓

✓

-

3

  DIFER School Readiness Test Battery Counting and Basic Numeracy

-

-

✓

-

✓

2

  Early Years Toolbox-Early Numeracy

-

-

-

✓

✓

2

  Parent ratings of numeracy skills

-

✓

✓

-

-

2

Screeners

      

  Number Sense Screener (NSS) (English Version)

✓

-

✓

✓

✓

4

Dyscalculia Test

✓

✓

✓

-

-

3

  Math Essential Skill Screener-Elementary Version (MESS-E)

-

-

✓

✓

✓

3

  Preschool Early Numeracy Skills Screener-Brief Version (PENS-B) (English Version)

-

✓

✓

-

✓

3

  Assessing Student Proficiency of Early Number Sense (ASPENS)

-

-

-

✓

✓

2

  House of Numbers (HoN)

-

-

✓

-

✓

2

Measurement tools widely used to assess criterion validity

      

  Test of Early Mathematical Ability-3rd Edition (TEMA-3)

✓

✓

✓

✓

-

4

  Woodcock-Johnson III Achievement Tests Maths (WJ-III-ACH Maths)

✓

✓

✓

✓

-

4

  1. Co.V content validity, Cr.V criterion validity, IC internal consistency, R reliability, SV structural validity