Overview of school-aged assessment

illusionary recovery

children with a history of language disorders may exhibit _____

uses

assessments in school-age children must consider the shifts in language _____

• skills for daily conversation may not predict success in academic contexts

eligibility and intervention approach

• screener

• RTI

• standardized norm-ref assessment (how children differ from the norm)

• criterion-ref assessment (baseline and intervention targets)

criteria for a good screener

• valid and reliable

• high sensitivity and specificity (can sacrifice specificity slightly)

• covers a wide range of speech, language (expressive/receptive), socio-emotional status and relationship, academic performance

• help narrow down focus for evaluation

• clear scoring

• fas administration

major types of standardized norm-referenced assessments in schools

1. tests that sample a wide range of language abilities

2. test of pragmatics

3. test for language-related learning skills

tests that sample a wide range of language abilities

• test of integrated language and literacy skills (TILLS)

• clinical evaluation of language fundamentals (CELF-5)

• comprehensive assessment of spoken language (CASL)

• test of language development (TOLD)

test of pragmatics

• test of pragmatic language

• children’s communication checklist 2

tests for language-related learning skills

• comprehensive test of phonological processing (C-TOPP)

• test of early written language

false

true/false: children with LLD routinely score at the low end of normative assessments

false

true/false: norm-referenced assessment are often valid because they are normed on a large population

1. morphosyntax

2. general semantic skill

LLD struggles the most with this domain

20

sensitivity and specificity were found in only ___% of test manuals

5

__ out of 43 tests have acceptable sensitivity and specificity

yes

can you use a test that does not have sensitivity or specificity if there are larger group differences and acceptable other relevant psychometrics?

• Assessment of literacy and language (ALL)

• Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals-5 (CELF-5)

• Clinical Evaluation of Fundamentals- Preschool 2 (CELF-P2)

• Preschool Language Scales-5 (PLS-5)

which assessments were deemed to be the most evidence based to use