This study investigated the effect of item position on descriptive statistics, psychometric information, and factor structure of the Pediatric Symptoms Checklist 17-item social-emotional screening instrument (PSC-17). The goal was to determine whether item position, either grouped by factor or mixed across constructs, produced similar results. Descriptive statistics, reliability estimates, and model-data fit were similar across the two versions of the screener. Factor invariance tests supported strict invariance across the two versions, and very small differences between latent means for the three factors measured by the PSC-17. Both forms are equivalent for use with screening activities.