The purpose of this study was to examine the concurrent and construct validity of the Slingerland Screening Tests (SST) for Children with Specific Language Disability in the assessment of learning disabilities. Children in grades 1 through 4 (n = 382) were given both the SST and an IQ test. The SST errors were significantly negatively correlated with IQ scores. When SST scores were adjusted for IQ, learning disabled children did not consistently make more errors, nor did male and/or left-handed children—characteristics commonly related to learning disability.
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