title: Critical Review of the Test of Gross Motor Development.
abstract: The Test of Gross Motor Development (TGMD) is designed to be both a norm-referenced and criterion-referenced assessment of gross motor skills in 3-to 10- year-old children, normal to moderately handicapped. Whether the TGMD thoroughly covers the total domain of gross motor function with its two subtests of locomotor and object control is questioned. The TGMD appears promising as a test the is easily learned and administered by a wide variety of professionals. Studies are reviewed that address the issues if the TGMD's reliability and validity. As with any formal assessment, testers need to be aware of the TGMD's strengths and weaknesses in interpreting test scores.
authors.affiliation: a Division of Physical Therapy, Medical School Wing E, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7135.
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ezzelle
authors.affiliation: b The Division of Physical Therapy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
authors.forename: Mary
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Moutoux