THE VARIABILITY OF LANGUAGE TEST-SCORES IN 3-YEAR-OLD AND 4-YEAR-OLD CHILDREN OF NORMAL NONVERBAL INTELLIGENCE - A BRIEF RESEARCH REPORT

Language testing plays an important role in the identification and mon itoring of children with communication difficulties. However, the stan dardisation of many tests in common use remains far from satisfactory, especially at the lower age ranges. Comparisons between age-equivalen t scores and chronological age also raise particular problems. The pre sent paper focuses on the disparity between scores on different tests, in spite of the homogeneity of the group of children studied, and str esses the need for caution in the interpretation of test scores.