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TELD-4: Test of Early Language Development– Fourth Edition Wayne P. Hresko • D. Kim Reid • Donald D. Hammill AGES: 3-0 to 7-11 TESTING TIME: 15 to 45 minutes The TELD-4 is a highly reliable and valid measure of spoken language in children ages 3 years 0 months through 7 years 11 months. Like the previous edition, the test yields Receptive Language and Expressive Language subtest index scores, as well as a Spoken Language index score. All users now have access to the optional PC-, Mac-, Chromebook-, and tablet- compatible TELD-4 Online Scoring and Report System via activation codes that are included in each package of TELD-4 Examiner Record Booklets. This system is a quick, efficient tool for (a) entering test session results; (b) converting subtest item scores or total raw scores into scaled scores; (c) generating composite index scores, percentile ranks, and upper and lower confidence intervals; (d) comparing TELD-4 scores to identify significant intraindividual differences; and (e) obtaining a score summary or narrative report. Use of the software ensures accurate application of basals and ceil- ings and calculation of scores. A listing of the TELD-4’s psychometric qualities follows. • Demographics: The TELD-4 was standardized on a representative sample of 1,074 children representing 32 states and 292 different zip codes. ADMINISTRATION: Individual SCORING: Manual or online • Reliability: Extensive studies of test reliability (coefficient alpha, test–retest, imme- diate and delayed alternate forms, and interscorer) support the use of the TELD-4 with individual students. Average coefficient alphas for the full normative sample range from .95 to .97 for subtests and the composite.
• Validity: Content-description validity was established through careful selection of items; controlled vocabulary; construct review by a panel of language experts; con- ventional item analysis as well as analysis of the test floors, ceilings, and item gra- dients; and differential item functioning. Criterion-prediction validity was established by (a) correlating TELD-4 standard scores with commercially available measures of reading ability (i.e., PLS-5, TACL-4, and TEXL); (b) comparing means and standard deviations between the TELD-4 and criterion tests; and (c) computing sensitivity, specificity, and ROC/AUC statistics. Construct-identification validity was established by studying (a) the relationship between TELD-4 standardized scores and age, academic achievement, and intelligence; (b) the ability of the test’s standard scores to differentiate groups with known language problems from those without such prob- lems; and (c) the factorial fit of the subtests to the construct in the test model (i.e., spoken language). • Limiting bias: The TELD-4 was examined using differential item functioning tech- niques. Further, a wide range of both mainstream and minority populations, includ- ing gender, racial, ethnic, linguistic, and disability categories, was included in the normative sample. Finally, reliability and validity information is provided for different mainstream and minority subgroups. COMPLETE TELD-4 KIT INCLUDES: Examiner’s Manual, Picture Books, 25 Examiner Record Booklets Form A, 25 Examiner Record Booklets Form B, and access to the Online Scoring and Report System, all in a sturdy storage box. (©2018) #14645 TELD-4 Complete Kit with Online Scoring $525.00 #14646 TELD-4 Examiner’s Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . .............. 140.00 #14646E TELD-4 Virtual Examiner’s Manual . . . . . . . . . . ........... 130.00 #14647E TELD-4 Virtual Picture Books A & B . . . . . . . . . ........... 183.00 #14648 TELD-4 Examiner Record Booklets Form A (25) . . . . . ....... 95.00 #14649 TELD-4 Examiner Record Booklets Form B (25) . . . . . ....... 95.00 This is a restricted product. Go to www.proedinc.com for details on user qualifications and to complete the User Acceptance Form.
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