title: Fluharty preschool speech and language screening test: analysis of construct validity.
abstract: The Fluharty Preschool Speech and Language Screening Test was examined in terms of construct validity. Analysis of the test was based on results of 260 preschool children, aged 3-6. Although age differentiation was moderately demonstrated--as was the need for separate language subtests--results for internal consistency, discriminant analysis, and item difficulty analysis raised questions as to the usefulness and appropriateness of many test items. The test as a whole was not found to be racially biased; however, individual test items may be.
authors: University of Hawaii, Honolulu.
authors: J O
authors: JO
authors: Simmons
mesh_terms: D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007807:Language Tests; D010700:Phonetics; D011594:Psychometrics; D014825:Vocabulary; D044465:White People / Q000523:psychology