Trial reportLanguage, speech, and hearing services in schools2017
Language Assessment With Children Who Speak Nonmainstream Dialects: Examining the Effects of Scoring Modifications in Norm-Referenced Assessment.
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- Grammaticality Judgments of Tense and Agreement by Children With and Without Developmental Language Disorder Across Dialects of English.Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR · 2023Article
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- Comparison of the Diagnostic Evaluation of Language Variation-Screening Test Risk Subtest to Two Other Screeners for Low-Income Prekindergartners Who Speak African American English and Live in the Urban South.American journal of speech-language pathology · 2021Article
- Language Variation in the Writing of African American Students: Factors Predicting Reading Achievement.American journal of speech-language pathology · 2021Article
- Spoken Word Learning in Children With Developmental Language Disorder or Dyslexia.Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR · 2021Article
- The Cultural and Diagnostic Appropriateness of Standardized Assessments for Dual Language Learners: A Focus on Jamaican Preschoolers.Language, speech, and hearing services in schools · 2021Article
- Marking of Tense and Agreement in Language Samples by Children With and Without Specific Language Impairment in African American English and Southern White English: Evaluation of Scoring Approaches and Cut Scores Across Structures.Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR · 2021Article
- Probing Phonological Processing Differences in Nonword Repetition for Children with Separate or Co-occurring Dyslexia and Developmental Language Disorder.Scientific studies of reading : the official journal of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading · 2021Article
- Promoting Reading Achievement in Children With Developmental Language Disorders: What Can We Learn From Research on Specific Language Impairment and Dyslexia?Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR · 2020Article
- Production of Morphosyntax Within and Across Different Dialects of American English.Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR · 2020Article
- Specific Language Impairment in African American English and Southern White English: Measures of Tense and Agreement With Dialect-Informed Probes and Strategic Scoring.Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR · 2019Article
- Identifying Children at Risk for Language Impairment or Dyslexia With Group-Administered Measures.Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR · 2017Article
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Abstract
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 mainstream American English (MAE) and nonmainstream dialects (NMAE), and 1 using contrastive features. We investigated how modified scoring procedures affected the diagnostic accuracy of the measure with contrastive features. Method: Second-grade students (N = 299; 167 White, 106 African American, 26 other) completed measures of language variation and ability (the Diagnostic Evaluation of Language Variation-Screening Test and the Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals-Fourth Edition [CELF-4]). The CELF-4 was scored with and without the recommended scoring modifications for children who spoke African American English. Results: Partial correlations controlling for socioeconomic status revealed small to moderate correlations between measures of language ability and the use of NMAE features. Modified scoring yielded higher scores for children who spoke African American English and a reduced association between the use of NMAE features and CELF-4 scores. Modified scoring also affected the diagnostic accuracy of the CELF-4, resulting in a lower positive likelihood ratio and a higher negative likelihood ratio. Conclusions: The decision to apply scoring modifications affects both the false positive and false negative rates. Implications for language assessment for children who speak NMAE dialects are discussed, including the need for further investigation.
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