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SUMMARY:The role of psychometrics in the assessment of speech and language
  difficulties - John Rust\, University of Cambridge\, Director - The Psych
 ometrics Centre
DTSTART:20101026T150000Z
DTEND:20101026T163000Z
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CONTACT:Chris Cummins
DESCRIPTION:In 2004\, on behalf of Pearson Assessment\, The Psychometrics 
 Centre conducted an anglicisation and UK standardisation of the 4th Revisi
 on of the Clinical Evaluation of\nLanguage Fundamentals (CELF-IV) and of t
 he 2nd Edition of CELF Preschool\, both\nwidely used tests of language abi
 lities for children between the ages of 3 and 16 years.\nThe project invol
 ved the administration of the tests to 1400 children within this age\nrang
 e across the UK. The CELF was designed to identify children and young adul
 ts\nwho lack the basic foundations of content and form that characterize m
 ature language\nuse. CELF norms today provide quantitative support for det
 ermining a child's\neligibility for services\, classification\, and follow
 -up decisions. The construction of\ntests such as the CELF involves the ap
 plication of the basic psychometric principles\nof reliability\, validity\
 , standardization and equivalence. The challenges that each of\nthese pres
 ent to the assessment of speech and language will be the subject of this\n
 seminar.
LOCATION:GR-06/07\, English Faculty Building
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