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Chow, Jason C.; Ekholm, Eric; Bae, Christine L. – Assessment for Effective Intervention, 2021
It is common in intervention research to use measures of working memory either as an explanatory or a control variable. This study examines the contribution of cognitive abilities, including verbal working memory (WM) and attention, to language performance in first- and second-grade children. We assessed children (N = 414) on two forms of verbal…
Descriptors: Verbal Ability, Short Term Memory, Child Language, Cognitive Ability
Mahowald, Megan; Loughnane, Megan – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2016
Researchers and practitioners alike have noted that Hmong students in the United States do not achieve as well as their monolingual peers and other bilingual students. The current mixed-methods study is designed to describe reading development and achievement of 4th-grade Hmong students in one large, urban school district. This study explores the…
Descriptors: Grade 4, Reading Achievement, Reading Improvement, Reading Tests

Pecyna, Paula M.; Sommers, Ronald K. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 1985
Two norm-referenced tests--Test for Auditory Comprehension of Language (TACL) and Preschool Language Scale (PLS) and one criterion-referenced task, the Basic Two-Choice Object Discrimination Task--were administered to nine severely handicapped preschoolers. Overall, performance and behavioral ratings tended to be best for the Two-Choice Task and…
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Language Tests, Preschool Education, Receptive Language

Beisler, Jean Madsen; And Others – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1987
The study examined the performance of 19 pairs of autistic and nonautistic (but with a language delay of at least six months) children on the Test for Auditory Comprehension of Language. Results indicated no significant differences between groups or between sexes within groups in receptive language skills. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Autism, Cognitive Processes, Language Acquisition

Millen, Catherine E.; Prutting, Carol A. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 1979
Tests used were the Northwestern Syntax Screening Test (receptive), the Test for Auditory Comprehension of Language, and the Bellugi-Klima Comprehension Test. Significant differences in Ss' performances across tests were found for 11 of the 22 grammatical features under consideration. (Author/DLS)
Descriptors: Auditory Tests, Comprehension, Early Childhood Education, Identification