| Author/Year |
Instruments |
Reason for Excluding |
| Satz, 1978 |
Abbreviated Screening Battery |
Diagnostic, administration time not reported (8 tests in battery) |
| German, 1982 |
Alpern-Boll Developmental Profile II |
Diagnostic, <40 minutes to administer, unable to calculate sensitivity/specificity from data |
| Craig, 2000 |
Assessment Battery for African American English |
Diagnostic, 40 minutes to administer |
| Ward, 1984 |
Author created screening tool |
Most of the important information is not reported |
| Blaxley, 1983 |
Bankson Language Screening Test (BLST) |
25 minutes to administer |
| Macias, 1998 |
Bayley Infant Neurodevelopmental Screener (BINS) |
Developmental pediatrician must administer |
| Conti-Ramsden, 2003 |
Children's Test of Nonword Repetition (CNRep) |
15 minutes to administer |
| Gray, 2003 |
Children's Test of Nonword Repetition (CNRep) |
School setting, 15 minutes to administer |
| Macias, 1998 |
Clinical Adaptive Test/Clinical Linguistic Auditory Milestone
Scale (CAT/CLAMS) |
Developmental pediatrician must administer, 15-20 minutes to administer |
| Plante, 1995 |
Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals—Preschool
(CELF-P) |
Diagnostic, Speech-Language Pathologist required, 30-45 minutes to administer
Cost = $348 |
| Capute, 1986 |
Clinical Linguistic and Auditory Milestone Scale (CLAMS) |
Linguistic part only, unable to calculate sensitivity/specificity from data |
| Leppert, 1998 |
Cognitive Adaptive Test/Clinical Linguistic and Auditory
Milestone Scale (CAT/CLAMS) |
Developmental pediatrician must administer, 15-20 minutes to administer |
| Pittock, 2002 |
Cognitive Adaptive Test/Clinical Linguistic and Auditory
Milestone Scale (CAT/CLAMS) |
Looked at ease of administration, not validity study, no data found useful |
| Voigt, 2003 |
Cognitive Adaptive Test/Clinical Linguistic and Auditory
Milestone Scale (CAT/CLAMS) |
15-20 minutes to administer, unable to calculate
sensitivity/specificity from data |
| McCathren, 2000 |
Communication and Symbolic Behavior Scales (Communication Composite Only) |
Training required, 20 minutes to administer, correlation data, unable to calculate sensitivity/specificity from data |
| Wetherby, 2002 |
Communication and Symbolic Behavior Scales Developmental Profile (CSBS DP) |
Most of the important information is not reported |
| Alberts, 1995 |
Davis Observation Checklist for Texas (DOCT) |
>15 minutes to administer, 1 day DOCT administration training
class to be able to administer. |
| Drumwright, 1973 |
Denver Articulation Screening Exam (DASE) |
Training required, 10-15 minutes to administer
Cost = $265 |
| Bryant, 1974ly |
Denver Developmental Screening Test |
Broad screener, speech & language components not reported separate |
| Frankenburg, 1992 |
Denver Developmental Screening Test—II (DDST—II) |
Diagnostic, training required, no sensitivity/specificity |
| Stokes, 1996 |
Developmental Nurse Screen |
Not standardized or validated |
| Wright, 1980 |
Developmental Test of Visual Motor Integration |
Correlation data only, unable to calculate sensitivity/specificity |
| Drillien, 1988 |
Dundee Developmental Screening Program (DDSP) |
Diagnostic, not validation study, ages for followup were higher than preschool |
| Dale, 1989 |
Early Language Inventory |
20-30 minutes to administer, correlation data |
| Black, 1988 |
Early Language Milestone Scale |
1/2 of subjects were at risk for otitis media
Cost = $825 |
| Fell, 1999 |
Early Vocalization Analyzer (EVA) |
Diagnostic, Speech-Language Pathologist must administer |
| Vance, 1987 |
Expressive One-Word Picture Vocabulary Test |
Diagnostic, Speech-Language Pathologist must administer |
| Gray, 1999 |
Expressive one-word Picture Vocabulary Test-Revised (EOWPVT-R) |
Diagnostic, Speech-Language Pathologist must administer, 1-hour session for all 4 tests |
| Gray, 1999 |
Expressive Vocabulary Test (EVT) |
Diagnostic, Speech-Language Pathologist must administer, 1-hour session for all 4 tests |
| Fluharty, 1973 |
Fluharty Preschool Speech and Language Screening Test |
Correlation data only, unable to calculate sensitivity/specificity. |
| Stott, 2002 |
General Language Screen (GLS) |
Not standardized or validated. |
| Bountress, 1981 |
Goldman-Fristoe-Woodcock Test of Auditory Discrimination |
Diagnostic, Speech-Language Pathologist must administer, 20-30 minutes to administer, comparisons of tests—no gold standard, unable to calculate sensitivity/specificity from data |
| Bloom, 1988 |
Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children (K-ABC) |
Diagnostic, 35-85 minutes to administer, unable to calculate sensitivity/specificity from data |
| Paul, 1991 |
Language Development Survey (LDS) |
30 minutes to administer, study poorly defined, unable to extract important information |
| Rescorla, 2002 |
Language Development Survey (LDS) |
30 minutes to administer, compared to other screener not a gold
standard |
| Klee, 2000 |
Language Development Survey (LDS) |
30 minutes to administer |
| Eno, 1995 |
Lollipop Test
Cognitive Language Profile of the Early Screening Profiles
Fluharty Preschool Speech and Language Screening Test |
15-20 minutes to administer, correlation data only, unable to calculate sensitivity/specificity from data
Cost = $35 |
| Dale, 1991 |
MacArthur Communicative Development Inventory: Toddlers |
Diagnostic, 20 minutes to administer, correlation data, unable to calculate sensitivity/specificity from data
Cost = $155 |
| Dale, 2003 |
MacArthur Communicative Development Inventory: UK Short Form (MCDI:UKSF) |
20 min to administer, speech & language components not reported separately (unable to determine sensitivity/specificity for specific area) |
| Thal, 1999 |
MacArthur Communicative Development Inventory: Words and Gestures (CDI:WG) |
Most of the important information is not reported |
| Thal, 1999 |
MacArthur Communicative Development Inventory: Words and Sentences (CDI:WS) |
Most of the important information is not reported |
| Miller, 1988 |
Miller Assessment for Preschoolers (MAP) |
Diagnostic, school psychologist must administer, 30-40 minutes to administer, unable to calculate sensitivity/specificity from data
Cost = $695 |
| Widerstrom, 1986 |
Miller Assessment for Preschoolers (MAP) |
Diagnostic, looked at discrimination factor of test |
| Egan, 1986 |
Miniature Toys Test |
Developmental delay study, verbal just small part, did not separate results for speech and language |
| Tomblin, 1999 |
Minnesota Child Development Inventory |
Correlation data only, unable to calculate sensitivity/specificity |
| Kopparthi, 1991 |
Minnesota Child Development Inventory (MCDI) |
Diagnostic, neonatal intensive care unit infants |
| Gorrell, 1981 |
North Carolina Psychoeducational Screening Test (PET) |
Diagnostic, unable to determine administration time |
| Ratusnik, 1975 |
Northwestern Syntax Screening Test |
20 minutes to administer, children have comorbidities |
| Ratusnik, 1980 |
Northwestern Syntax Screening Test |
Speech-Language Pathologist required, 20 minutes to administer, unable to calculate sensitivity/specificity from data |
| Allen, 1987 |
Northwestern Syntax Screening Test (NSST) |
20 minutes to administer |
| Conti-Ramsden, 2003 |
Noun Plural Task |
Diagnostic, unable to determine administration time |
| Stokes, 1996 |
Parent Questionnaire |
Not standardized or validated |
| Whitworth, 1993 |
Parent Questionnaire |
Diagnostic, unable to determine administration time, unable to calculate sensitivity/specificity |
| Dale, 2003 |
Parental concern |
Not standardized or validated |
| Conti-Ramsden, 2003 |
Past Tense Task (PTT) |
Diagnostic, unable to determine administration time |
| Merrell, 1997 |
Patterned Elicitation Syntax Test with Morphophonemic Analysis (PEST) |
Diagnostic, Speech-Language Pathologist required, unable to determine administration time |
| Vance, 1987 |
Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test—Revised |
Most of the important information is not reported |
| Gray, 1999 |
Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (PPVT-III) |
Diagnostic, Speech-Language Pathologist must administer, 1-hour session for all 4 tests |
| Choong, 1983 |
Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test -Revised (PPVT-R) |
10-20 minutes to administer, unable to calculate sensitivity/specificity from data |
| Blackman, 1990 |
Pediatric Examination of Educational Readiness (PEER) |
Diagnostic, 30 minutes to administer |
| Blackman, 1992 |
Pediatric Examination of Educational Readiness (PEER) |
Diagnostic, 30 minutes to administer |
| Palmer, 1990 |
Pediatric Examination of Educational Readiness (PEER) |
Diagnostic, 30 minutes to administer, developmental pediatricians required |
| Shriberg, 1986 |
Photo Articulation Test (PAT) |
13-30 minutes to administer, not much information provided |
| Fagundes, 1998 |
Preschool Language Assessment Instrument (PLAI) |
30 minutes to administer, looking at racial/cultural differences, unable to calculate sensitivity/specificity from data. |
| Dodge, 1980 |
Preschool Language Scale (PLS) |
Diagnostic, 25-30 minutes to administer |
| Stevenson, 1976 |
Pre-School Version of the English Picture Vocabulary Test (EPVT) |
Unable to calculate sensitivity/specificity from data, much of the important information is not reported |
| Jordan, 1973 |
Queensland University Aphasia and Language Test (QUALT) |
Diagnostic, 45-60 minutes to administer, four subtests. |
| Conti-Ramsden, 2003 |
Recall of Digits |
Diagnostic, Subtests from British Abilities Scale (BAS), unable to determine administration time |
| Rome-Flanders, 1998 |
Receptive Expressive Emergent Language Scales (REEL) |
20 minutes to administer, correlation study comparing tests, unable to calculate sensitivity/specificity from data |
| Gray, 1999 |
Receptive one-word Picture Vocabulary Test (ROWPVT) |
Diagnostic, Speech-Language Pathologist must administer, 1-hour session for all 4 tests |
| German, 1982 |
Revised Denver Developmental Screening Test (R-DDST)
(Language Subtest) |
Diagnostic, < 40 minutes to administer, unable to calculate sensitivity/specificity from data |
| Allen, 1981 |
Sequenced Inventory of Communication Development (SICD) |
Diagnostic, 30-75 minutes to administer
Cost = $395-$1050 |
| Sturner, 1996 |
Speech and Language Screening Questionnaire |
Diagnostic, much of the important information is not reported |
| Fiedler, 1971 |
Speech Evaluation Form |
Not standardized or validated |
| Culatta, 1983 |
Story Retelling |
Not standardized or validated |
| Plante, 1995 |
Structured Photographic Expressive Language Test—Preschool (SPELT-P) |
Speech-Language Pathologist required, 10-15 minutes to administer
$320 |
| Laing, 2002 |
Structured Screening Test |
Not standardized or validated |
| Brown, 1986 |
Test for Auditory Comprehension of Language (TACL) |
Diagnostic, 35 minutes to administer, test re-test coefficient |
| Wright, 1980 |
Test for Auditory Comprehension of Language (TACL) |
Diagnostic, 35 minutes to administer, correlation data only, unable
to calculate sensitivity/specificity from data |
| Di Simoni, 1982 |
Token Test for Children |
Diagnostic, teacher administered, language comprehension score, not vocabulary, syntax or grammar, correlation data, unable to calculate sensitivity/specificity from data |
| Colligan, 1974 |
Vane Kindergarten Test (VKT) & Mecham Verbal Language Development Scale (revised) |
Diagnostic, technician/Specialist, 10-20 minutes to administer |
| Bountress, 1981 |
Wepman Auditory Discrimination Test |
Classroom, Speech-Language Pathologist must administer, comparisons of tests—no gold standard, unable to calculate sensitivity/specificity from data
Cost = $125 |
| Coulter, 2001 |
WILSTAAR Screen |
Broad screener, speech & language components not reported
separately, unable to determine administration time, unable to calculate sensitivity/specificity from data |
| Oakenfull, 2001 |
WILSTAAR Screen |
Speech-Language Pathologist must administer, program not just
screener, unable to determine administration time |
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