Creating language impairments in typically achieving children: The pitfalls of `normal' normative...

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Title: Creating language impairments in typically achieving children: The pitfalls of `normal' normative...
Authors: McFadden, Teresa Ukrainet
Source: Language, Speech & Hearing Services in Schools. Jan96, Vol. 27 Issue 1, p3. 7p. 4 Graphs.
Subject Terms: *Language exams
Abstract: Describes the errors in standardized language tests using a normal sample for the normative comparison group. Identification of normal children as language impaired; Provision of misleading profiles of verbal and nonverbal performance; Importance of norm-referenced standardized tests.
Database: Education Research Complete
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Abstract:Describes the errors in standardized language tests using a normal sample for the normative comparison group. Identification of normal children as language impaired; Provision of misleading profiles of verbal and nonverbal performance; Importance of norm-referenced standardized tests.
ISSN:01611461
DOI:10.1044/0161-1461.2701.03