Summary of appraisal of measurement properties of gross motor competence assessments
| Reliability | Validity | Responsiveness | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment | Test-retest | Intra-rater | Inter-rater | Internal Consistency | Content validity | Discriminant validity | Construct/structural validity | Hypothesis testing | Cross-cultural validity/invariance | Criterion/concurrent validity | Responsiveness | Floor & ceiling effects |
| TGMD-2 | ++ | NR | +++ | ++++ | NR | NR | + | + | NR | NR | NR | NR |
| TGMD-3 | + | + | + | + | NR | NR | NR | + | NR | + | NR | NR |
| BOT-2 | +++ | NR | + | ++ | NR | + | NR | NR | + | + | + + | + - |
| MABC-2 | + | NR | + | ++ | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | + | + | – |
| PDMS-2 | ++ | NR | ++ | ++ | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | ?+ | + | – |
| Test of Motor Proficiency | + | NR | + | + | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | + | NR | NR |
| Cratty Six-Category Gross Motor Test | + | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
| Data Based Dance Skill Placement Test | + | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
| Ages & Stages Questionnaire—2 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | ? | NR | NR |
| Four Square Step Test | + | NR | + | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | + | NR | NR |
NR, not reported; +, positive rating; -, negative rating; ? = indeterminate rating. Number of symbols in each cell relates to the number of studies reporting the measurement property (eg, + =1 study; +++ =3 studies). TGMD-2= Test of Gross Motor Development 2nd Edition. TGMD-3= Test of Gross Motor Development 3rd Edition. BOT-2= Bruininks-Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency, Second Edition. MABC-2= Movement Assessment Battery for Children 2nd Edition. PDMS-2= Peabody Developmental Motor Scales 2nd Edition.