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Dale, Philip S.; Henderson, Valanne L. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 1987
Comparison of Test of Early Language Development (TELD) scores of developmentally-delayed three- to six-year-olds (N=85) with other language and cognition measures indicated that TELD scores documented language delays, correlating strongly with other language measures, but failed to accurately classify subjects clinically classified as…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Disability Identification, Expressive Language, Language Handicaps
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Hayiou-Thomas, Marianna E.; Harlaar, Nicole; Dale, Philip S.; Plomin, Robert – Journal of Research in Reading, 2006
We use a genetically sensitive design to examine the relationship between language and nonverbal ability at 4 and a half and reading skills at 7 years of age in a sample of more than 1,000 children participating in the Twins Early Development Study. We find that nonphonological as well as phonological measures of early language make significant…
Descriptors: Twins, Emergent Literacy, Language Skills, Nonverbal Ability
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Dale, Philip S.; Harlaar, Nicole; Plomin, Robert – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2005
Many research questions require the assessment of reading in large samples of children. We compared two nonconventional procedures for early reading assessment: test administration by telephone, and teacher assessment. Five thousand five hundred and forty four children participating in a longitudinal twin study were assessed by telephone using the…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Reading Skills, Young Children