Teachers complete the Australian version of the Early Development Instrument (AvEDI) for each child in their first year of school. The AvEDI is an adaptation to the Australian context of the Early Development Instrument (EDI).
The EDI was developed in the 1990 by internationally-renowned child health experts Dr Dan Offord and Dr Magdalena Janus, at the Offord Centre for Child Studies (McMaster University, Canada) to measure the developmental health and wellbeing of populations of young children.
Teachers are well placed to complete the AvEDI based on their expertise, knowledge and observations of children in their class. The AvEDI is completed on a secure, online system.
The version of the AvEDI used in each collection cycle is available in the resources section.
It has about 100 questions measuring development across five domains. The About the AEDC Domains fact sheet has more information about each domain.
Community Data Explorer
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