The Early

Development
Instrument

School Reports

2014/15 EDI Results at a Glance

SD 59 Peace River South

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Thank you for your participation in the Early Development Instrument (EDI) project in
February 2015. Support from schools is integral to helping us understand the state of early
child development in B.C. Together, we have collected EDI results for over 230,000 children
in B.C. since 2001. We are thrilled to have you on board and hope to work with you again in
future years.

Wave 1 is not generally reported - data are used as a benchmark

The first five years of a childs life are crucial to their development. Genetics, family environment,
socio-economic conditions, neighbourhood influences, availability of early child development
programs, and policy directions all contribute to a childs developmental trajectory. EDI results
reflect how your students total environment in the first five years of their lives have affected
their development as a whole, not just academically. Their experiences form a key piece to the
overall story of early child development in B.C.
EDI school reports provide information on how
students in your school district are doing before they
enter Kindergarten. The results can be used to help
plan supports and programs in schools. We urge you
to use caution when interpreting results for a small
number of children. Small groups provide less reliable
population level data and should be combined with
other information for decision making purposes.
We encourage school district administration to share
individual school reports with school principals, and in
turn, they are encouraged to share their school reports
with their teachers, staff, parents and community
partners at their discretion. Please note that in instances
where data is collected for fewer than 5 children,
the results are suppressed to ensure that individual
children cannot be identified. There are no individual
school reports for schools with suppressed data.
Community summaries are comprehensive reports that provide results at the neighbourhood
and school district levels. EDI data for students in your school district are included in the
community summaries based on their home postal codes, not where they go to school.
You may notice some differences between the school district results in this report and the
community summary for your district. The results presented here are for children who attend
school in your district, whereas community summaries contain data for the children who live
in your district. Community summaries are published once every three years at the end of
each wave of data collection. To access the most recent community summary for your school
district (Wave 5, 2013) please visit the HELP website: earlylearning.ubc.ca/maps/edi/nh.

2014/2015 EDI SCHOOL REPORTS - INTRODUCTION

The 5 Scales of the EDI

Being ready for school is more than knowing the A,B,Cs and 1,2,3s, it also involves social and
emotional maturity, good physical health and more. The EDI consists of 104 questions and
measures five core areas of early child development that are known to be good predictors of
adult health, education and social outcomes. The five scales are:

Physical Health and Well-Being

Motor control, energy level, daily preparedness for school and washroom
independence. Sample questions: Can the child hold a pencil? Is the child on
time for school each day?

Social Competence
Cooperation, respect for others, socially appropriate behaviour, self-control
and self-confidence. Sample questions: Does the child share with others? Is
the child self-confident?

Emotional Maturity
Tolerance, a focus on helping and the ability to demonstrate empathy for others.
Sample questions: Is the child able to concentrate? Is the child aggressive or
angry?

Language and Cognitive Development

Interest in books, reading, language skills, literacy and math-related activities.
Sample questions: Is the child interested in reading and writing? Can the
child count and recognize numbers?

Communication Skills and General Knowledge

Ability to clearly communicate ones own needs, participate in story-telling,
and general interest in the world. Sample questions: Can the child tell a short
story? Can the child communicate with adults and children?

What is vulnerability?
By evaluating data gathered from the EDI questionnaire, researchers are able to measure
population-based vulnerability rates. Vulnerability refers to the portion of the population, which
without additional support and care, may experience future challenges in school and society.
Children who score below the vulnerability cut-off on an EDI scale are said to be vulnerable
on that scale of development. A vulnerability cut-off is set at the level of development below
which a child would be at increased risk of encountering difficulties in the school years and
beyond.
For more information about vulnerability on the EDI please see our fact sheet at:
earlylearning.ubc.ca/documents/68
HELP produces a range of geographical maps that illustrate the results of the EDI at provincial,
regional and neighbourhoods levels. This information can be used to identify where access to
supports and services are needed so that all children can grow up in environments where they
can thrive.
To access HELPs interactive EDI maps please visit: earlylearning.ubc.ca/maps

Questions?
Please contact the HELP EDI team at edi@help.ubc.ca for more information. Thank you for
your continued support.

2014/2015 EDI SCHOOL REPORTS - INTRODUCTION

2014/15 EDI Results At a Glance

SD 59 - Peace River South School District
Total Number of Students with a Valid EDI: 237

Demographic Summary
VALID
EDI

# OF PARTICIPATING
TEACHERS

MEAN
AGE

# GIRLS

# BOYS

# ESL

# SPECIAL
NEEDS

237

19

5.7

115

122

Percent
Vulnerable

EDI Results

0% 25% 50% 75% 100%

PHYSICAL HEALTH & WELL-BEING

19

Motor control, energy level, daily preparedness for

school and washroom independence.
SOCIAL COMPETENCE

12

Cooperation, respect for others, socially appropriate

behaviour, self-control and self-confidence.
EMOTIONAL MATURITY

15

Tolerance, a focus on helping and the ability to

demonstrate empathy for others.
LANGUAGE & COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT

13

Interest in books, reading, language skills, literacy

and math-related activities.
COMMUNICATION SKILLS

16

Ability to clearly communicate ones own needs,

participate in story-telling, and general interest in
the world.
VULNERABLE ON ONE OR MORE SCALES

33

Reports on the percentage of children who are

vulnerable on one or more of the 5 scales of the EDI.

Number of Children who are Vulnerable on:

NO SCALES

1 SCALE

2 SCALES

3 SCALES

4 SCALES

5 SCALES

160

34

15

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2014/2015 EDI SCHOOL DISTRICT OVERVIEW - PEACE RIVER SOUTH

The Demographics of your School District

The following tables provide demographic data for the Kindergarten children in your school district who
had an EDI completed for them this year, including the gender, languages and ages of the children in
your district. These data help to provide context for the EDI results illustrated in the school reports.

Descriptive Characteristics

Total Number of Students: 237

NUMBER OF
STUDENTS

PERCENTAGE

Girl

115

49%

Boy

122

52%

3%

English

225

95%

French

0%

Other Only

1%

English & French (Bilingual)

0%

English & Other (Bilingual)

4%

French & Other (Bilingual)

0%

Two Other Languages

0%

38

16%

GENDER

ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE (ESL)

ESL
FIRST LANGUAGE

FRENCH IMMERSION
French Immersion

Age Composition

Student age at the time of teacher assessment is divided into 3-month intervals. The categories are
expressed as year-months of age; for example, 5-7 indicates age 5 years 7 months.

NUMBER OF
STUDENTS

PERCENTAGE

5-0 to 5-3

48

20%

5-4 to 5-6

56

24%

5-7 to 5-9

57

24%

5-10 to 5-12

46

19%

6-0 to 6-3

26

11%

6-4 to 6-6

1%

6-7 to 6-9

0%

6-10 to 6-12

0%

AGE CATEGORY (YEARS - MONTHS)

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