Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students' Through-The-Air English Skills: A Review of Formal Assessments
American Annals of the Deaf
Bennett, J. G., Gardner, R., 3rd, et al. (2014).
American Annals of the Deaf, 158(5), 506-521.
This review investigates the validity and reliability of using adapted spoken English-language assessments to evaluate the language skills of students, birth to 21-years-old, who are deaf and hard of hearing who use signed language to communicate.
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1971 to 2013
Published, peer-reviewed studies (excluding theses, dissertations, book chapters, and conference presentations)
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The three most commonly used measures among deaf education researchers include:<ul> <li>the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (PPVT);</li> <li>the Expressive One-Word Picture Vocabulary Test (EOW-PVT); and</li> <li>Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals (CELF).</li></ul>"Overall, researchers assessed deaf and hard of hearing students with tests normed on hearing students ... employing a variety of English-based sign methods. It appears that using English-based sign does not interfere with the reliability or validity of assessment results, although modifications may be needed for certain test items or subtests" (p. 518).
