Test Review: CELF-5
Parts of the CELF-5 can be used to probe for information and language samples, but its limitations prevent it from being used to identify disorder or disability.
Test Review: CELF-4 Spanish
The CELF-4 is a standardized test designed to assess the presence of a language disorder or delay in Spanish speaking children which should be used to probe for information and not to identify a disorder or disability.
Test Review: CELF-P2 Spanish
The CELF-P2 is designed to assess the presence of a language disorder or delay in Spanish speaking students and only be used to probe for information and not to identify a disorder or disability.
Test Resource Guide: Volume V- Communication/Language Assessment Tests of Language Proficiency
This resource, originally published in 1997, consists of reviews of standardized tests that are intended to measure language and communication skills. This volume is one in a series of guides for assessment in the New York City Public Schools.
Test Review: Bayley-III
While using they Bayley III, scores should not be calculated or used to diagnose speech and/or language delay/disorder or to determine special education services.
Test Review: PLS-5 English
The PLS-5 is designed for use with children aged birth through 7;11 to assess language development and only be used to probe for information and not to identify a disorder or disability.
Test Review: PLS-5 Spanish
The PLS-5 Spanish is designed to determine the presence and severity of a receptive, expressive, or receptive-expressive language delay or disorder and only be used to probe for information and not to identify a disorder or disability.
Test Review: CELF-4
The Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals-Fourth Edition (CELF-4) is a standardized test designed to assess the presence of a language disorder or delay and should only be used to probe for information and not to identify a disorder or disability.
Problems with Traditional Assessment Procedures (PDE: Module 02)
This module discusses how traditional assessment procedures (i.e. standardized test scores) used for determining disability are problematic.
NYCDOE and NYSED Policy Regarding Preschool Disability Evaluations (PDE: Module 03)
This module reviews what the law says regarding disability evaluations of preschoolers, especially for those preschoolers who are culturally and linguistically diverse.
