Psychometric Analysis of the Diagnostic Evaluation of Language Variation-Screening Test: Extension to Low-Income African American Pre-Kindergarteners

Autor/inn/en	Terry, Nicole P.; Petscher, Yaacov; Rhodes, Katherine T.
Titel	Psychometric Analysis of the Diagnostic Evaluation of Language Variation-Screening Test: Extension to Low-Income African American Pre-Kindergarteners
Quelle	In: Assessment for Effective Intervention, 42 (2017) 3, S.176-185 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1534-5084
DOI	10.1177/1534508416679402
Schlagwörter	Psychometrics; Diagnostic Tests; Language Variation; Screening Tests; Low Income Students; African American Students; Preschool Education; Young Children; Kindergarten; Grade 1; Grade 2 + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Psychometry; Psychometrie; Diagnostic test; Diagnostischer Test; Sprachenvielfalt; Screening-Verfahren; African Americans; Student; Students; Afroamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Pre-school education; Vorschulerziehung; Frühe Kindheit; School year 01; 1. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 01; School year 02; 2. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 02
Abstract	The purpose of this study was to extend a previous investigation of the psychometrics of the "Diagnostic Evaluation of Language Variation-Screening Test" (DELV-S) to include pre-kindergarten children (primarily African American and from low-income households). The previous study (Petscher, Connor, & Al Otaiba, 2012) included a racially and socioeconomically diverse sample of children in kindergarten through second grade. Similar to that study, two factors were found in the present study: one representing morphosyntactic ability and one representing nonword repetition ability. However, unlike the previous study, measurement invariance was not observed in the present sample. As a result, to allow for interpretation of performance in similar samples who would likely use the DELV-S, vertical scaling was used to create a new set of norms for ability scores and a new reference table for fall and spring of the pre-kindergarten school year. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01