Using the Computer for Early Childhood Screening, Writing Objectives, and Developing Local Norms/Records

Abstract

A computer program has been developed to assist users of DIAL‐R, a widely used screening test, in the accurate scoring of young children's performance. In addition to print‐out feedback for parents and teachers, the program generates suggested objectives for each child based on the child's chronological age and score for each of the 24 test items. Finally, the program stores up to 200 children's scores at each of the four age levels (2 year olds, 3 year olds, 4 year olds, 5 year olds) to enable administrators to analyze class, school, or district scores and develop local norms if desired.