The Texas Education Agency (TEA) has adopted Early Childhood Indicator of Program Quality #3:
85% of the birth through two year olds and all newly enrolled three year olds from Even Start families will be screened for developmental progress by the end of the third month of enrollment in Even Start. All children identified in high risk or delay categories will be referred for additional assessment. Screening instruments should be selected from a suggested list to include the Bayley Infant Neurological Screener (BINS), Brigance Diagnostic Inventory or the Denver Developmental Screening Test.
Even Start programs must choose from among the three assessment instruments named in the Early Childhood Screening Indicator. All three of these assessments have been in use in Even Start for a number of years. Read more about each of these instruments by choosing the corresponding link listed below:
