A Review of Standardized Tests of Nonverbal Oral and Speech Motor Performance in Children

Autor/inn/en	McCauley, Rebecca J.; Strand, Edythe A.
Titel	A Review of Standardized Tests of Nonverbal Oral and Speech Motor Performance in Children
Quelle	In: American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 17 (2008) 1, S.81-91 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1058-0360
DOI	10.1044/1058-0360(2008/007)
Schlagwörter	Standardized Tests; Test Interpretation; Psychometrics; Evaluation Research; Measurement; Speech Language Pathology; Speech Tests; Test Content; Test Reliability; Test Validity; Psychomotor Skills; Screening Tests; Speech Impairments; Diagnostic Tests; Children + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Standadised tests; Standardisierter Test; Test analysis; Testauswertung; Psychometry; Psychometrie; Evaluationsforschung; Messverfahren; Sprechtest; Testaufgabe; Testreliabilität; Testvalidität; Psychomotorische Aktivität; Screening-Verfahren; Speech impairment; Speech handicap; Speech handicaps; Language handicps; Language impairments; Sprachbehinderung; Diagnostic test; Diagnostischer Test; Child; Kind; Kinder
Abstract	Purpose: To review the content and psychometric characteristics of 6 published tests currently available to aid in the study, diagnosis, and treatment of motor speech disorders in children. Method: We compared the content of the 6 tests and critically evaluated the degree to which important psychometric characteristics support the tests' use for their defined purposes. Results: The tests varied considerably in content and methods of test interpretation. Few of the tests documented efforts to support reliability and validity for their intended purposes, often when relevant information was probably available during the test's development. Conclusions: Problems with the reviewed tests appear related to overly broad plans for test development and inadequate attention to relevant psychometric principles during the development process. Recommendations are offered for future test revisions and development efforts that can benefit from recent research in test development and in pediatric motor speech disorders. (Contains 3 tables, 1 figure and 2 footnotes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10