Outlines the various psychological dimensions associated with preschool children who are at risk for language/learning disorders. Emphasizes the utilization of standard psychological tests, but also discusses clinical nonstandard procedures as adjuncts to the traditional measures. (FL)

The literature on testing has documented the existence of persistent anomalies in test scores of bilingual students. School psychology, which is test-dependent and test-defined, has an inadequate technology and knowledge base to deal with the testing of bilingual students, leading to error and misdiagnosis exacerbated by lack of viable testing…