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Does Assessor Masking Affect Kindergartners' Performance on Oral Language Measures? A COVID-19 Era Experiment with Children from Diverse Home Language Backgrounds
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Sarah Surrain; Michael P. Mesa; Mike A. Assel; Tricia A. Zucker – Grantee Submission, 2023
Purpose: The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has prompted changes to child assessment procedures in schools such as the use of face masks by assessors. Research with adults suggests that face masks diminish performance on speech processing and comprehension tasks, yet little is known about how assessor masking affects child performance. Therefore, we…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Young Children, Native Language, Language Tests
Does Assessor Masking Affect Kindergartners' Performance on Oral Language Measures? A COVID-19 Era Experiment with Children from Diverse Home Language Backgrounds
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Sarah Surrain; Michael P. Mesa; Mike A. Assel; Tricia A. Zucker – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2023
Purpose: The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has prompted changes to child assessment procedures in schools such as the use of face masks by assessors. Research with adults suggests that face masks diminish performance on speech processing and comprehension tasks, yet little is known about how assessor masking affects child performance. Therefore, we…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Young Children, Native Language, Language Tests