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Use of the Revised Preschool Language Scale with Older Preschool Children.
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Berryman, Joan D. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 1983
An analysis of Revised Preschool Language Scale (PLS) results on 672 preschool children reveal that one age-level grouping and five individual items appear to be inappropriately placed within the scale. Sex differences for both the auditory comprehension and verbal ability subtests, and for the total scale, were clinically insignificant.…
Descriptors: Language Handicaps, Language Tests, Preschool Education, Test Use
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
Language Competency of Learning Disabled Children.
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Clinkert, Robert J. – Illinois School Research and Development, 1978
Normal and learning disabled (LD) first graders were given a battery of language and perceptual-motor-memory (PMM) tests. Results indicated that: LD children generally are less proficient in vocabulary and language tasks; and language tests are better indicators of learning disabilities than PMM tests. (SJL)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Correlation, Language Ability, Language Handicaps