Battelle Developmental Inventory

All about the Test

• Author: Jean Newborg 
• Publisher: Riverside Publishing.
• Date Published: 1973
• Date Revised: 2005

Type of Test

• Adaptive 
• Personal- Social
• Communucation
• Motor
• Cognitive

Age Level

• Birth through 7 years of age

Skills/Concepts Measured

• Self-Care 
• Personal Responsibility
• Peer Interaction
• Adult Interaction

Skills/ Concepts Measured Cont...

• Self-Concept and Social Role
• Receptive
• Expressive
• Gross Motor
• Fine Motor

Cont....

• Perceptual Motor
• Attention and Memory
• Reasoning and Academic Skills

Qualifications of Examiner

• Knowledge  and Skills education
• Qualifications in the Following:
• Early Childhood Education
• Testing
• Counseling and Healthcare Settings

Test Materials

• 5 test books 
• 1 package of 15 record forms
• 1 package of 15 student workbooks
• 1 set of Presentation Cards 

Continued....

• 1 stimulus book
• 1 plastic puzzle 
• 1 screening item test book
• 1 package of 30 screening test record forms
• 1 screening test worksheet blackline mastered

Continued....

• 1 screening rest presentation cards with a small storage box
• 1 screening test stimulus book 1 bdi-2 carrying case

Method of Scoring

• Hand-Scoring
• Electronic Record Form

Basal/Ceiling Guidelines

• Ceiling- When a child scores a 0 on three consecutive items. 
• Basal- When a child scores 2 on three consecutive items

Types of Scores Obtained

• Age Equivalent 
• Standard Scores
• No Grade Equivalent