Within the perinatal stroke field, there is a need to establish preclinical models where putative biomarkers for motor function can be examined. In a mouse model of perinatal stroke, we evaluated motor map size and movement latency following optogenetic cortical stimulation against three factors of post-stroke biomarker utility: 1) Correlation to chronic impairment on a behavioral test battery; 2) Amenability to change using a skilled motor training paradigm; 3) Ability to distinguish individuals with potential to respond well to training. Thy1-ChR2-YFP mice received a photothrombotic stroke at postnatal day 7 and were evaluated on a battery of motor tests between days 59-70. Following a cranial window implant, mice underwent longitudinal optogenetic motor mapping both before and after 3 weeks of skilled forelimb training. Map size and movement latency of both hemispheres was positively correlated with impaired spontaneous forelimb use, whereas only ipsilesional hemisphere map size was correlated with perf...