Details
Purpose
Identifies students with subtle language problems
Authors
Gail J. Richard, PhD, CCC-SLP, and Mary Anne Hanner, PhD, CCC-SLP
Administration Formats
Additional Details
Evaluate the Ability to Attach Increasingly More Meaning to Information Received in the Pursuit of Formulating an Expressive Response
Features and benefits
- Includes two pretests (Labeling and Stating Functions) and six subtests (Associations, Categorization, Similarities, Differences, Multiple Meanings, and Attributes), with each subsequent subtest building on the skills previously evaluated. This hierarchical approach ensures evaluation of prerequisite skills for increased processing demand.
- Items are valid clinical indicators of the ability to attach meaning to language.
- Age equivalents, percentile ranks, and standard scores are provided.
- Manual includes a Discussion of Performance section that describes academic manifestations of poor test performance and includes remediation guidelines for each subtest/skill level.
- Standardized on 1,313 individuals who represented the national school population from the U.S. Census for race, gender, age, and educational placement.
- Contrast group comparisons show a highly satisfactory ability to differentiate subjects with language disorders from subjects developing language normally.
- Race/socioeconomic group difference analyses show no significant difference when comparing race and minimal differences when comparing SES.