1. Early Screening Inventory-Revised Procedures
Welcome to ESI-R
Early Screening Inventory-Revised
Procedures

2. ESI-R Early Screening Inventory- Revised
This screening tool has been adopted by the WMISD Early Childhood Leadership Team to meet the requirements of the GSRP and Head Start Legislation for a common screening tool.
It is to be used by all preschools in the WMISD area.
Local Superintendents, NEMCSA and NMCAA have approved this tool.

3. Developmental Screening
Developmental Screening is intended to identify those children who have a high probability of exhibiting delayed or abnormal development.
Preschool screening is intended to identify children who are at high risk for school failure.
Screening is done at a particular point in time.

4. Misuses and Abuses of Screening
School entrance and readiness test
Diagnosis
IQ tests
Labeling children
Insensitivity to bilingualism and cultural differences
Isolations from follow-up evaluation and intervention

5. Early Screening Inventory
Valid and Reliable
ESI is valid and was standardized with 6,000 children. It is a norm-referenced screener
ESI’s reliability was based on giving this screener to the same group of children by 3 different testers.

6. Screening vs. Assessment
ESI – R is a screening tool
Screening tools are used to identify children that may need further assessment to determine if they are at risk for school failure.
It is NOT used to determine a disability; more in-depth assessment tools would be used for that purpose.
It is NOT a progress monitoring tool; the Gold and other tools will be used to measure progress over time.

7. Ordering Information Protocols can be ordered from Pearson, Inc.
ESI-R Preschool (ages 3:0-4:5)
ESI –R Kindergarten (ages 4:6-5:11)
Parent Questionnaire (optional)
Need to have both protocols available since children may enter preschool already over 4:5
Please be sure to have a manual to which to refer as you prepare to screen your students.

8. Applications
ESI-R is designed to identify children who may need further evaluation to determine if they have a condition that may place them at risk for school failure. It should be used only to identify the possibility of a learning or handicapping condition that might affect a child’s overall potential for success in school.

9. Applications, cont. ESI-R is a screening tool, not a readiness test
Screening tools are meant to be predictive; they look at the ability or potential to acquire skills
They look at skills children have actually acquired

10. Applications, cont.
High stakes decisions should not be made as the result of screening
Readiness test focus on the skills

11. Determining a Child’s Current Age
Enter date of screening
Enter Date of Birth
use the online chronological age calculator from Pearson at
Tips for manual computing
Borrow for days-
Reduce the month column by 1
Add 30 to the days column
Borrow for month
Reduce the year by 1
Add 12 to the months

12. Rounding a Child’s Age
If the number of days in the current age is 16 days or up, round the month up to the next higher month
If the rounded age is between 3:0-4:5 use the ESI- R Preschool
If the rounded age is between 4:6 -5:11 use the ESI-R Kindergarten

13. After Completing the ESI-R
After completing the ESI-R for each student, the results are to be sent in a class composite chart to the WMISD Early Childhood Special Education Office at:
(Fax)
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To the results in the excel spreadsheet, please save the file as your class and the year. Then open a new and attach the excel spreadsheet of your ESI-R class composite scores.
Be sure to save a copy for yourself.

14. Using ESI-R Class Composite
Look at the data
If there is a group of students who need to acquire a certain skill:
Develop large group activities to increase their skill and competence in that area.
Develop small group activities targeted to the area where they show a specific need.
Assess them with “digging deeper” assessment tools like MLPP, PALS, PPVT, etc.
Use the WMISD Preschool Teacher Toolbox
WMISD Preschool Teacher Toolbox

15. WMISD Procedures for Results
What to do if a child falls into the Rescreen/Refer Category
Re-Screen in 8-10 weeks
Collect information from parents and health care providers
ESI Parent Questionnaire
Health Screening Information
Observe children with Gold objectives in mind and take anecdotal notes

16. Procedures, cont.
Assess children with more specific assessments like the PPVT, PALS, MLPP, etc.
Collect data regarding specific concerns
Behavior tracking, work samples, video
Contact building therapists or preschool consultant to discuss immediate concerns

17. Procedures, cont.
What if they are rescreened and still fall into the rescreen/refer categories?
Follow the Next-Steps procedures in your Recognition and Response notebooks
Reminder: professional judgment supersedes protocol

18. Developed by: Liz Walker, WMISD Early Childhood Specialist Ruth Boonzaaijer, WMISD Early Childhood Special Education Teacher Consultant Questions? us at: