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    The Mullen Scales of Early Learning: AGS Edition (MSEL: AGS) is a comprehensive measure of cognitive development for infants and preschool-aged children from birth to 5 years 8 months. It assesses motor, perceptual, and language skills to help determine needs for special services and program planning. The test provides an Early Learning Composite score from its five subscales. It was standardized on a sample of over 1,800 children from 2 days to 69 months old from diverse demographic backgrounds. Reliability and validity evidence is adequate though the standardization excluded non-English speakers and children with known disabilities.

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    The Mullen Scales of Early Learning: AGS Edition (MSEL: AGS) is a comprehensive measure of cognitive development for infants and preschool-aged children from birth to 5 years 8 months. It assesses motor, perceptual, and language skills to help determine needs for special services and program planning. The test provides an Early Learning Composite score from its five subscales. It was standardized on a sample of over 1,800 children from 2 days to 69 months old from diverse demographic backgrounds. Reliability and validity evidence is adequate though the standardization excluded non-English speakers and children with known disabilities.

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    The Mullen Scales of Early Learning: AGS Edition (MSEL: AGS) is a comprehensive measure of cognitive development for infants and preschool-aged children from birth to 5 years 8 months. It assesses motor, perceptual, and language skills to help determine needs for special services and program planning. The test provides an Early Learning Composite score from its five subscales. It was standardized on a sample of over 1,800 children from 2 days to 69 months old from diverse demographic backgrounds. Reliability and validity evidence is adequate though the standardization excluded non-English speakers and children with known disabilities.

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    The Mullen Scales of Early Learning: AGS Edition (MSEL: AGS) is a comprehensive measure of cognitive development for infants and preschool-aged children from birth to 5 years 8 months. It assesses motor, perceptual, and language skills to help determine needs for special services and program planning. The test provides an Early Learning Composite score from its five subscales. It was standardized on a sample of over 1,800 children from 2 days to 69 months old from diverse demographic backgrounds. Reliability and validity evidence is adequate though the standardization excluded non-English speakers and children with known disabilities.

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    Mullen Scales of Early Learning: AGS Edition

    (MSEL: AGS)

    Publisher/Date:
    • American Guidance Services, Inc., 4201 Woodland Road., Circle Pines,
    MN 55014-1796. Published, 1995.

    Purpose:
    • Comprehensive measure of cognitive functioning for infants and preschool
    children, ages Birth through 5-08 years. Assessment of the child’s motor,
    perceptual, and language development is used to help determine need for
    special services, program planning, and assess learning styles, strengths,
    and weaknesses. The AGS version of the MSEL combines and updates
    the earlier Infant- and Preschool-MSEL versions.

    Provides:
    • An Early Learning Composite score is comprised of performance on 5
    subscales: Gross Motor (0-33 months, only), Fine Motor, Visual Reception,
    Perceptual Language, and Expressive Language.

    Standardization Issues:
    • Standardization took place over 8 years. Norms included 1,849 children
    between ages of 2-days to 69 months, and grouped into 16 age groups at
    2-month age intervals. Demographics approximated 1990 US Census
    data based on gender, race (Caucasian, African-American, Hispanic, and
    American Indian), SES, geographic region, and community size. Non-
    English speaking families and children with known disabilities were
    excluded.

    Reliability and Validity Issues:


    • Internal Reliabilities exceed .80 on all subscales with the exception of
    Visual Reception (.79) and Fine Motor (.75). Test-retest data showed
    strong score stability over time. Interscorer reliabilities ranged from .91-.99,
    evidencing that the scales appear to be interpreted similarly between
    examiners. The manual offers evidence of construct, concurrent, and
    criterion-validity.

    Additional Points:
    • Most materials (manipulatives) are included with the test kit, but the author
    does list additional items which the examiner needs to furnish.
    • Examiners may choose to administer all or some of the subscales without
    sacrificing accuracy, and variation in the order of administration is
    permitted to allow for maintaing examinee interst.
    • Most items involved direct examiner observation, but some items allow for
    parent/caregiver rating in interview.
    • While the overall standardization sample was balanced by gender,
    females were underrepresented at 5-6 months, and males were
    underrepresented at 27-32 months.
    • The standardization sample did not include children with a primary
    language other than English.
    • The standardization sample did not include children with known
    exceptionalities and separate norms for children with special needs might
    be helpful.
    • Standard Error of Measurement (SEM) ranged from +4.1 (Gross Motor) to
    +5.0 (Fine Motor). These are somewhat high, given that obtained scores
    are reported in T-Scores, with a Standard Deviation (SD) of 10.
    • While reliability and validity evidence appears adequate, results were
    based on previous versions of the Mullen, based on somewhat small
    sample sizes, and tend to underrepresent older children.
    • Activities for intervention (for ages Birth-36 months) are provided on the
    available ASSIST scoring software program.
    • There may be ceiling-effects noted on the Perceptive Language and
    Visual Perception scales. Conversely, floor-effects may be evident on the
    Receptive Language Scale.

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