American Speech-Language-Hearing Association

The Wilson Syntax Screening Test

Author(s):Mary Sweig Wilson
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Harcourt Assessment
Year:2000
Age Range:Pre-K-K
Administration Time:2-4 minutes
Language(s):English
Computerized Scoring:No
Description:Identifies children with specific language impairments who might otherwise be overlooked because their speech sounds adequate in familiar conversational context. The 20-item screener uses 20 grammatical markers to detect morphological deficits believed to characterize language impairments.

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