The Early Screening Inventory | Third Edition

ESI™-3 is a revision of the successful ESI™-R, a popular developmental screening instrument designed to be individually administered to children ages 3:0–5:11. It identifies children who may need special education services in order to perform successfully in school.

The advantages of parent involvement.

The ESI-3 now includes a questionnaire to capture the primary caregivers' perceptions of the child's development. Adapted from the ESI-R Parent Questionnaire, the ESI-3 Parent Questionnaire has added new items that reflect current research in social-emotional development and adaptive behaviors (e.g., interactions with adults and peers, social communication, and self-help skills).

Scoring & Reporting

ESI-3 is available on Q-global®, Pearson's web-based administration, scoring, and reporting system. It enables you to quickly assess and efficiently organize examinee information, generate scores, and produce accurate, comprehensive reports anywhere, anytime, on any Internet-connected device.

Score Report: Online-generated report which includes research-based parent-child activities.

Parent Questionnaire Report: Details responses to the parent questionnaire, a qualitative questionnaire to capture the primary caregivers' perceptions of the child's development.

Manual Entry: Option to use paper forms to administer the questionnaires, and the Q-global platform to score and generate reports.

What's new with ESI-3?

• Latest norms and validation studies
• Additional content to support social-emotional learning
• Administration in English or Spanish for dual-language settings (in digital and paper and pencil)
  • Digital administration, scoring, and reporting
  • Paper and pencil administration and scoring
• Revised Parent Questionnaire
• Research-based intervention recommendations in the form of parent-child activities

Sample Reports

• Kindergarten Administration
• Preschool Administration

 

Comprehensive Training

The ESI™-3 Training Package (product code 0150042949) provides a comprehensive package of materials to facilitate the training of examiners to administer the ESI-3 and includes:

• Training videos of live screenings
• Completed Record Forms, drawings, examiner notes, and interpretations that accompany the training videos
• A list of the elements of a successful screening experience
• Handouts and sample materials to support interpretation of results, and communicating results of the screener with families
• Sample agendas for leading training sessions

The training program for ESI-3 covers four main activities:

1. Introduction to developmental screening and a review of the contents of the ESI-3 Examiner's Manual
2. Description of ESI-3 administration and scoring procedures
3. Observation of an experienced examiner administering the instrument, or viewing the training videos and other materials that accompany the manual
4. Hands-on practice for all participants, supplemented with additional viewing and scoring of the screenings in the training videos

Q-global Training Series

• Module 1: Gaining Access to Q-global
• Module 2: Signing in and setting up your account
• Module 3: Managing sub-accounts
• Module 4: How to generate reports

 

Resources

The following resources are available for ESI-3.

• Product Announcement
• Information Sheet
• Video: Introducing ESI-3
• Video: Dr. Samuel Meisels - The history and life of the Early Screening Inventory Shortly after completing his doctorate at Harvard University in 1974 and becoming the Director of the Eliot-Pearson Children's School, Dr. Meisels received a call from the Special Education Director in a neighboring school district with a high percentage of ELLs looking for a screening tool that could be used for the 1,000+ students coming in — and those already enrolled. Dr. Meisels soon discovered that what was already available was woefully inadequate. Find out what happened next!
   
• Video: Dr. Samuel Meisels: Characteristics of an Effective and Reliable Developmental Screener Dr. Samuel Meisels, the author of the Early Screening Inventory, Third Edition (ESI-3), discusses the four key characteristics that you should be looking for in an effective developmental screener. Find out what sets an effective developmental screener apart.

 

Through extensive field research and development of the ESI-3, we gathered your frequently asked questions.

Have the manipulatives changed from the previous version?

All items remain the same with the exception of the blocks.

What do I need to purchase if I am already an ESI-R Customer?

Options available:

1. Age appropriate kit with all manipulatives and forms
       Option to add a scoring subscription for manual entry to generate reports
2. Manipulatives Kit + Digital manual + Q-global usages
       0158245873 ESI-3 Preschool and Kindergarten Manipulatives Kit
       0150042981 ESI-3 Q-global Digital Manual
       0150023251 ESI-3 Q-global Score Summary Report
       015002326X ESI-3 Q-global Parent Questionnaire Report

Can I use a combination of paper and digital?

Yes, you can purchase any combination of products. Some customers prefer to have a paper manual, and then purchase digital administration usages.