Preschool Language Assessment Instrument—Second Edition
PLAI-2
An individually administered language test for young children- Publication date:
- 2003
- Age range:
- 3:0 to 5:11 years
- Qualification level:
- B
- Scoring options:
- Hand-scoring
- Administration Format:
- Paper-and-pencil
The PLAI–2 assesses children's abilities to meet the demand of classroom discourse. Now including full-color artwork, it measures how effectively a child integrates cognitive, linguistic, and pragmatic abilities for adult-child exchanges. Teachers, speech-language pathologists, and special education professionals appreciate the multi-faceted information this tool provides.
Measure young children's discourse abilities
The PLAI-2 offers two types of assessment:Norm-referenced (formal) assessment
Uses items that require matching, analysis, reordering, and reasoning by verbal and nonverbal responses. This assessment includes:
• Four subtests that assess levels of abstraction
• Two subtests that assess modes of response
• Discourse Ability Score – Presents overall estimate of performance
Non-standard (informal) assessment
Provides two pragmatic measures:
• Adequacy of Response–Evaluates the quality of the child's expressive language on a four-category scale
• Interfering Behaviors–Quantifies two major patterns of behaviour that hamper interaction
