Standardized Testing Flashcards
What are the 7 purposes of standardized tests?
- Screening tool
- Determining a diagnosis
- Facilitate planning of a treatment program
- Help the parents understand the child’s limitations
- ID areas that may need further evaluation
- Monitor progress and determine goal achievement
- Research
What are 10 common pediatric assessment tools?
- Gross motor functional classification system
- Gross Motor Functional Measure (GMFM)
- Peabody Developmental Motor Scales-2
- Bruininks-Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency 2
- Movement ABC-2
- MUllen Scales of Early Learning
- PEDI
- WEEFIM
- Pediatric BERG balance scale
- Six Minute Walk Test
What are the 5 levels of the gross motor function classification system (expanded and revised)?
1: Walks without limitations
2: Walks with limitations
3: Walks Using a hand Held Mobility Device
4: Self-Mobility with Limitations; may use power mobility, manual wheelchair, tilt in space
5: Transported in a manual wheelchair
What populations is the GMFCS - E & R used to classify?
Children with cerebral palsy
What populations does the Gross Motor Function Measure evaluate?
- Children with CP and DS
What does the GMFM describe?
- Current level of motor function
- (determines treatment goals)
What age ranges is the GMFM validated for?
5 months - 16 years
What functional mobility and/or ambulation is measured by the GMFM?
- Lying and rolling
- Sitting
- Crawling
- Standing
- Walking
- Running
- Jumping
If a child scores a 100% on the GMFM, what level are they at least functioning at?
The level of a normal 5 year old
How long does the GMFM take to administer?
45 - 60 minutes
What is the administration procedure of the GMFM?
- Each section administered individually (demonstration with 3 trials)
- Scored based on 4 point scale that measures how much of the item the child completes
- Dimension scores and total scores are achieved and then converted into the percentage of the max score for that dimension
What are 3 pros of the GMFM?
- Developed for children with CP
- Concerned with quantity of movement, not quality
- Measures change over time
What are 3 cons of the GMFM?
- No normative data
- Directions regarding support with arms are not clear
- Many items scored based on length of time in a position or length of the movement which may not correlate to functional movement
How is quality of movement scored in GMFM?
Not; make notes using observation
What is the purpose of the PEabody Developmental Motor Scales (PDMS) 2nd edition?
- Determine motor skill level, detect small changes over time, assist in pOC
What is the age range of the PDMS?
1 - 72 months
What are the 4 components of the general motor scale of the PDMS?
- Reflexes
- Sationary
- Locomotion
- Object manipulation
What are the 2 components of the fine motor sclae of the PDMS?
- Grasping
- VIsual-motor integration
Do OTs or PTs administer the fine motor scale portion of the PDMS?
- Either can administer
How much time is required to administer PDMS-2?
- 45 - 6 minutes
How is the PDMS-2 administered?
- 3 point scale
- Start at age level indicated in test, and score to basal of 3-2’s and ceiling of 3-0’s
- Raw scores convert to age equivalent percentiles, and standard scores
- Standard scores convert to composite scores of motor performance: GM, FM, and total motor quptients
What are the 6 pros of the PDMS-2?
- General guidelines for modifying test
- Distinguishes between GM and FM skills
- Test broken down into different areas to ID strengths and needs
- Accounts for emerging skills
- Subtest standard scores can be displayed on chart
- Scoring booklet has abbreviated directions and scoring criteria for each item
What are the 4 major cons of the PDMS-2?
- Does not include quality of movement
- Majority of testing materials are provided by the examiner
- Some materials are not easily acquired and descriptions can be vague
- Motor activities program book may encourage teaching test items
What is the purpose of the movement assessment battery for children (movement ABC)-2?
- Identify and describe impairments of motor function in children