VIDEO
Created: February 15, 2017
Duration: 00:00:59
MDI Champions Jeff Stromgren and Marna Macmillan explain why they chose to start collecting MDI data in Coquitlam, BC.
MDI Essentials
Download these quick, easy-to-digest and share Middle Years Development Instrument (MDI) resources to help you gain a better understanding of the MDI, its dimensions, and alignment with other frameworks.
Last Updated: July 29, 2025
A companion guide to the MDI reports that provides a description of all of the questions on the MDI, including a description of each measure, how questions are scored, and how the results are presented in reports.
Last Updated: December 15, 2023
A compilation of two-page, downloadable, PDF summaries of key MDI concepts, including research highlights and ideas for moving to action with MDI results.
PPT
Created: April 1, 2018
Last Updated: January 23, 2025
These MDI 101 PowerPoint slides cover the basics of the MDI and provide the information that audiences new to the MDI need to know with respect to the dimensions of the MDI and the rationale for assessing well-being and assets in middle childhood. Labeled slides are included for you to add your own MDI data.
This worksheet contains a few simple prompts to help you and your audience reflect on MDI results and formulate new questions.
All Quicksheets
Created: April 20, 2021
An overview of the MDI measures that align with frameworks for trauma-informed practice, and information to support the use of MDI to assess and implement trauma-informed practice in different contexts.
Created: April 20, 2021
An overview of the alignment between the MDI and the Five Core Competencies of Social and Emotional Learning as outlined by the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL).
Created: February 8, 2017
A comprehensive factsheet detailing the relationship between dimensions on the MDI and their alignment with dimensions of British Columbia’s Personal & Social Core Competencies.
