Descriptor
Language Acquisition | 4 |
Communication Skills | 3 |
Test Validity | 3 |
Language Handicaps | 2 |
Language Impairments | 2 |
Parent Participation | 2 |
Syntax | 2 |
Toddlers | 2 |
Vocabulary | 2 |
Vocabulary Development | 2 |
Cognitive Processes | 1 |
More ▼ |
Author
Clemmons, Mary | 1 |
Dale, Philip S. | 1 |
Fralin, LaShon | 1 |
Henderson, Joanna L. | 1 |
Miller, Jon F. | 1 |
O'Hanlon, Laureen | 1 |
Rescorla, Leslie | 1 |
Thal, Donna J. | 1 |
Trehub, Sandra E. | 1 |
Publication Type
Journal Articles | 5 |
Reports - Research | 4 |
Reports - Evaluative | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
Researchers | 5 |
Practitioners | 1 |
Location
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
MacArthur Communicative… | 5 |
Language Development Survey | 1 |
What Works Clearinghouse Rating

Thal, Donna J.; O'Hanlon, Laureen; Clemmons, Mary; Fralin, LaShon – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 1999
Two studies examined the validity of parent report for measuring language in children with specific language delay using the MacArthur Communicative Development Inventories for comparison. Results suggest that parent report appears to be valid for measuring language production skills in this population. Validity was strongest for vocabulary…
Descriptors: Delayed Speech, Language Acquisition, Language Impairments, Preschool Children

Dale, Philip S. – Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 1991
A newly revised parent questionnaire for the assessment of vocabulary and syntactic development, the MacArthur Communicative Development Inventory-Toddlers, was evaluated. Concurrent validity correlations demonstrated high validity for parent report in both domains and some ability to differentially assess the two. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Language Handicaps, Language Tests, Measures (Individuals), Parent Role

Trehub, Sandra E.; Henderson, Joanna L. – Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 1996
The MacArthur Communicative Development Inventory (a parent-report measure of vocabulary and syntax) was administered to 103 children (mean age 103 months) who participated in a study of temporal resolution as infants. Children who had performed above the median on the temporal resolution task demonstrated better later language development than…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Communication Skills, Followup Studies, Infants

Rescorla, Leslie – Topics in Language Disorders, 1991
Two parent report inventories geared at assessing language skills in toddlers are examined, in terms of reliability, validity, and application. The MacArthur Communicative Development Inventory: Toddlers and the Language Development Survey are compared and their combined use in handicap identification is discussed. (PB)
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Diagnostic Tests, Evaluation Methods, Handicap Identification

Miller, Jon F.; And Others – Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 1995
Evaluation of the validity of the MacArthur Communicative Development Inventory: Words and Sentences with 44 children with Down syndrome and 48 typically developing children established the validity of this parental measure of vocabulary development for children with Down syndrome and confirmed its validity for typically developing children.…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Downs Syndrome, Evaluation, Language Acquisition