The Children's Language Institute Preschool Placement Test (CLIPPT) identifies children, aged 2.6 to 4 years, with mild to moderate language/learning deficits, to determine which children would benefit from a language intervention preschool program. The test is presented in three sections: (1) the Informational Manual which provides theoretical and statistical information on standardization, administration, scoring, and materials necessary to administer the test, and lists guidelines for successfully testing the young child and for keeping young children on task; (2) the Procedural Manual which is to be used with the Test Record Form during administration; and (3) the Test Record Form which is used to document single item responses, along with worksheets for score analysis and interpretation. The CLIPPT evaluates language processing and production in the areas of pronouns, prepositions, color recognition, adjectives, personal data, semantics and expressive language, following directions, body parts vocabulary, morphology, story narration, pragmatics, numeration, irregular verbs, and two-step directions. Phase I provides a quick instrument to identify preschoolers with language impairment, regardless of degree. Phase II is administered to students who fail Phase I and is used to more clearly delineate those who are "at risk" for developing debilitating language/learning problems from those with more severe language impairments. (JDD)