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Peer reviewedWiener, Florence D.; And Others – Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders, 1983
Normative data for 198 urban children (four to eight years old) who speak Black American English (BAE) were obtained on the Test of Language Development. Results revealed speakers of BAE differed significantly in performance from children on whom test was standardized. Difference in performance was reflected in overall test scores and in…
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Language Tests, Nonstandard Dialects, Norm Referenced Tests
