Dear Lulu---<br> The DELV test from Psychological Corporation which we developed<br>is designed to bring out many aspects of language ability while being<br>sensitive to dialect differences. In particular, it has many syntactic<br>
and semantic subtests which are not involved with inflections, where<br>many dialects differences are present, and which play a dominant<br>role in many tests, causing children with dialects to be identified as<br>disordered.<br>
It would seem to be a natural test to include.<br><br>Tom Roeper<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 12:11 PM, Lulu Song <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lulusong@gmail.com">lulusong@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">Dear colleagues,<br>
<br>
We are currently preparing our 6th-year protocol for a longitudinal<br>
study of ethnic minority urban children and looking for suggestions on<br>
first-grade language and/or literacy assessments.<br>
<br>
The participants are African American, Dominican, Mexican and Chinese<br>
children born in the US and followed since birth. The 6th-year wave<br>
will take place roughly after the children have spent one semester in<br>
first grade. Children and their mothers will be invited to our lab for<br>
a 2-hour visit, of which 20-30 minutes will be allotted for language<br>
and literacy tests of the children. All assessments will be conducted<br>
by bilingual research assistants who can speak both English and the<br>
child's native language.<br>
<br>
In the past waves, we have used the MCDI, Mullen, EOWPVT (Expressive<br>
One-Word Picture Vocabulary Test) and Woodcock Johnson's subtests of<br>
Letter-word Identification and Passage Comprehension. We are looking<br>
for measures of children's language and literacy skills in first grade<br>
as outcome variables.<br>
<br>
We would really appreciate if you have any suggestions on which areas<br>
we should consider assessing and what instruments we might use (in our<br>
limited time frame).<br>
<br>
Thank you very much!<br>
<br>
Best regards,<br>
Lulu Song<br>
<br>
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宋露露 Lulu Song, Ph.D.<br>
Postdoctoral Fellow<br>
New York University<br>
The Center for Research on Culture, Development, and Education<br>
246 Greene Street 517E<br>
New York, NY 10003<br>
Phone: 212-998-5822 Fax: 212-995-3918<br>
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