Kindergarten Diagnostic Instrument, Second Edition, Normative Update (KDI-2 NU)

The Kindergarten Diagnostic Instrument (KDI-2 NU) is a comprehensive and time efficient screening instrument designed to assess developmental readiness skills. The KDI-2 NU was normed on 2,800 subjects.

Author: Daniel C. Miller, Ph.D.
Age Range: 4 – 6 years
Administration Time: 35 minutes
Publication Date: 2020
Published By: Schoolhouse Educational Services
Qualification Level B

Developmental Readiness Skills Assessed by the KDI-2

• Body Awareness – visual-motor skills and knowledge of body parts
• Concept Mastery – knowledge of basic kindergarten concepts
• Form/Letter Identification – knowledge of shape names & letter identification skills
• General Information – ability to recall basic information from memory
• Gross Motor – large muscle coordination
• Memory for Sentences – short-term auditory memory
• Number Skills – knowledge of basic math skills
• Phonemic Awareness – phonemic awareness skills
• Verbal Associations – language-based reasoning skills
• Visual Discrimination – visual discrimination skills
• Visual Memory – visual memory skills
• Visual-Motor Integration – eye-hand coordination, drawing ability, & visual-spatial skills
• Vocabulary – knowledge of word meanings

A Complete KDI-2 NU Test Kit includes the following materials:

• Canvas Carrying Case
• KDI-2 NU Professional Manual
• Concept Mastery/Number Skills Stimulus Booklet (Easel)
• Visual Discrimination/Visual Memory Stimulus Booklet (Easel)
• Form/Letter Identification/Visual-Motor Integration Stimulus Booklet (Easel)
• Visual-Motor Integration Scoring Template
• Thirteen 1 Inch Wooden Blocks
• 1 package of 25 KDI-2 NU Student Record Forms (Test Booklets).

My Kindergarten Fun Book, 2nd Edition

My Kindergarten Fun Book-2 is a take-home book for parents and children that contains learning games and activities designed to help children develop kindergarten readiness skills. After a KDI-2 assessment is completed, My Kindergarten Fun Book-2 can be used in a prescriptive fashion to encourage practice in the skills needing improvement.

Spanish Version of the Kindergarten Fun Book is now available!