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Reliable
Ages
5:0 - 21:11
Purpose
Provides info about student lang performance and lang contexts in which reduced lang performance occurs.
Influences eligibility for services.
To assess receptive and expressive language.
Facilitates collaboration w/ teachers & other specialists.
Materials
Record Form 1
: ages 5-8
Record Form 2
: ages 9-21
Examiners Manual
Reading & Writing Supplement 1:
ages 8-10
Reading and Writing Supplement 2:
ages 11-21
Stimulus Books 1 & 2 (visual stimuli)
Testing
Sentence Comprehension
(RECEPTIVE)
Linguistic Concepts
(RECEPTIVE)
Word Structure
(EXPRESSIVE)
Word Classes
(RECEPTIVE)
Following Directions
(RECEPTIVE)
Formulated Sentences
HARD TO SCORE (EXPRESSIVE)
Recalling Sentences
(EXPRESSIVE)
Understanding Spoken Paragraphs
(RECEPTIVE)
Time
Total Assessment: Varies
30-45 min of CLS
Scores
CLS & Index Score Profile
Percentile Rank
Age equivalency
Subtests only criterion ranked.
Scaled Score
Raw Score
Mean: 100 SD: +/- 15
Scaled Score Profile
Mean: 10 SD: +/- 3
Core Language Score
Ages 5-8:
SC, WS, FS, RS.
Ages 9-12:
WC, FS, RS, SR.
Ages 13-21:
FS, RS, FD, SR.
Measure of general language ability.
8 Subtests
(red)
4 Index Standard Scores
Expressive Language Index
Measures Expressive lang skills.
(
Ages 5-8:
WS, FS, RS). (
Ages 9-21:
FS, RS, SA).
Language Content Index
Measures semantic development & syntactically correct sentences.
(
Ages 5-8:
LC, WC, FD). (
Ages 9-12:
WC, USP, WS). (
Ages 13-21:
WC, USP, SA).
Language Structure Index
Measures receptive/expressive skills to understand/produce sentences.
(
Ages 5-8:
SC, WS, PS, RS). (
Ages 9-21:
FD, FS, RS).
Receptive Language Index
(
Ages: 5-8:
SC, WS, FS, RS). (
Ages 9-12:
WC, FS, RS, SR). (
Ages 13-21:
FS, RS, SR).
Measures listening/auditory comprehension.
Reading & Writing Supplement Ages 8-10
Student responds to ?s about passages he/she reads. ?s target paragraph’s main idea/details/sequencing/inferential & predictive info.
Pragmatic Activities Checklist (PAC)
Supplemental Test
Examiner & student interact during selected activities w/ the purpose of eliciting authentic communication.
Examines social communication skills.
Pragmatics Profile
Examiner reports info about student’s social lang skills, eliciting info from parent or teacher if needed.
Observational Rating Scale (ORS)
Documents student’s ability to manage classroom behaviors/ interactions, to meet school curriculum objectives, & to follow teacher’s instructions.
Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals - Fifth Edition
SC:
interprets spoken sentences of increasing length/complexity.
LC:
spoken directions w/ basic concepts.
WS:
Apply morphological rules.
WC:
Understand relationships among word.
FD:
Analyze spoken directions, follow/identify correct order of familiar shapes.
FS:
Assess ability to produce correct sentences based on semantic/syntactic/pragmatic rules.
RS:
Listen to spoken sentences, repeat.
USP:
Focus & create meaning; answer ?s.
