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A Motor Speech Assessment for Children with Severe Speech Disorders: Reliability and Validity Evidence
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Strand, Edythe A.; McCauley, Rebecca J.; Weigand, Stephen D.; Stoeckel, Ruth E.; Baas, Becky S. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2013
Purpose: In this article, the authors report reliability and validity evidence for the Dynamic Evaluation of Motor Speech Skill (DEMSS), a new test that uses dynamic assessment to aid in the differential diagnosis of childhood apraxia of speech (CAS). Method: Participants were 81 children between 36 and 79 months of age who were referred to the…
Descriptors: Test Validity, Test Reliability, Speech Skills, Speech Impairments
A Comparison of Language Screening Methods.
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Dodge, Gordon R. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 1980
Four hundred eighty-six preschool children were screened with the Denver Developmental Screening Test (DDST) and the Preschool Language Scale (PLS). Children who failed the screening were referred for a formal language assessment. Results indicated that the DDST is slightly more effective than the PLS in identifying preschool children who need…
Descriptors: Disability Identification, Exceptional Child Research, Language Handicaps, Preschool Education
Comparison of Three Formal Methods of Preschool Language Assessment.
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McLoughlin, Caven S.; Gullo, Dominic F. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 1984
Three standardized language assessment measures (Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-Revised, Test of Early Language Development, and the Preschool Language Scale) were individually administered to 25 nonreferred, White, middle-class preschoolers. Correlations among the three measures were statistically significant suggesting an interrelationship of…
Descriptors: Disability Identification, Language Handicaps, Language Tests, Preschool Education
Native American Children's Performance on the Preschool Language Scale-3.
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Long, Edgarita E. – Journal of Children's Communication Development, 1998
This study evaluated the validity of language-assessment instruments with Native American children, ages 3 to 5. Results indicated that the Preschool Language Scale-3 provides a valid assessment of the receptive and expressive language skills of 3- and 4-year-old Native-American children. However, use of this scale with 5-year-old Native Americans…
Descriptors: Age Differences, American Indians, Disability Identification, Expressive Language