Interpretation and use of standardized language assessments for diverse school-age individuals

T Girolamo, S Ghali, I Campos, A Ford - … of the ASHA special interest groups, 2022 - ASHA
Purpose: The ultimate aim of an assessment is to help examiners make valid conclusions
about an individual's skill given their performance on a particular measure. However …

The cultural and diagnostic appropriateness of standardized assessments for dual language learners: A focus on Jamaican preschoolers

RW Karem, KN Washington - Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in …, 2021 - ASHA
Purpose The aim of this study was to investigate the appropriateness of standardized
assessments of expressive grammar and vocabulary in a sample of preschool-age dual …

Current methods of evaluating the language abilities of multilingual preschoolers: A scoping review using the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and …

R Wright Karem, KN Washington, K Crowe… - Language, speech, and …, 2019 - ASHA
Purpose The purpose of this scoping review was to identify current measures used to
evaluate the language abilities of multilingual preschoolers within the framework of the …

Assessing oral and written language proficiency: A guide for psychologists and teachers

M Gottlieb, E Hamayan - Handbook of multicultural school …, 2007 - taylorfrancis.com
Language assessment is often part of the centerpiece of psychological evaluations in K-12
school settings for all students; it is the key component, however, for English Language …

ITC guidelines for the large-scale assessment of linguistically and culturally diverse populations

International Test Commission (ITC) - International Journal of …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
These guidelines are designed to inform test developers, psychometricians, and test users
of the considerations that should be made to help ensure test fairness and score …

African American Preschoolers' Performance on Norm-Referenced Language Assessments: Examining the Effect of Dialect Density and the Use of Scoring …

NC Marencin, AA Edwards, NP Terry - Language, Speech, and Hearing …, 2024 - ASHA
Purpose: We investigated and compared the outcomes from two standardized, norm-
referenced screening assessments of language (ie, Clinical Evaluation of Language …

Prologue: Toward accurate identification of developmental language disorder within linguistically diverse schools

JB Oetting - Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2018 - ASHA
Purpose Although the 5 studies presented within this clinical forum include children who
differ widely in locality, language learning profile, and age, all were motivated by a desire to …

Language assessment with children who speak nonmainstream dialects: Examining the effects of scoring modifications in norm-referenced assessment

AE Hendricks, SM Adlof - Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in …, 2017 - ASHA
Purpose We compared outcomes from 2 measures of language ability in children who
displayed a range of dialect variation: 1 using features that do not contrast between …

[PDF][PDF] Current language proficiency tests and their implications for preschool English language learners

A Esquinca, D Yaden, R Rueda - Proceedings of the 4th …, 2005 - researchgate.net
Formal assessment of children of all ages is becoming increasingly common for a number of
reasons. One of the major reasons is the demand for schools to be accountable. The “No …

Assessing English language learners: A perplexing puzzle

M Gottlieb, C Sanchez-Lopez - Perspectives on School-Based Issues, 2008 - ASHA
The intersection of language education and special education is not clearly marked for
linguistically and culturally diverse students; some qualify as English language learners; …