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Peer reviewedMcFadden, Teresa Ukrainetz – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 1996
This article describes errors resulting from use of standardized language tests using a "normal" sample as the normative comparison group. Resulting errors include, among others, identifying normal children as language impaired, providing misleading profiles of verbal and nonverbal performance, and inability to determine impairment severity.…
Descriptors: Disability Identification, Elementary Secondary Education, Language Acquisition, Language Impairments
