Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals Preschool-3 UK
CELF Preschool-3 UK
Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals® Preschool-3 UK (CELF® Preschool-3 UK) assesses aspects of language necessary for preschool children to meet the language demands of the classroom.- Publication date:
- 2024
- Age range:
- 3:0 to 6:11
- Scores/Interpretation:
- Core language score; receptive language, expressive language, language content, and language structure and index scores; standard scores, percentile ranks, age-equivalents, and growth scale values.
- Qualification level:
- B
- Completion time:
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Core Language Score Subtest: 15-20 minutes
Entire test: variable - Administration:
- Verbal response to stimulus picture
- Scoring options:
- Available in print form and digital form (Q-interactive® and on Q-global®)
- Norms:
- 210 children ages 3:0 to 6:11 (with additional samples for reliability and validity studies).
CELF-Preschool-3 UK is now available in print and digital (Q-interactive and Q-global) formats
Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals® Preschool-3 (CELF® Preschool-3 UK) enables you to assess the language skills that are the building blocks needed for success in the classroom. This new edition includes everything you loved about the CELF-Preschool-2, plus more enhancements that benefit you and the children you test!
What's changed? CELF Preschool-3 UK features all of the benefits of CELF®-Preschool-2 plus:
- Updated norms, test items and art
- New connected Speech subtest and Pragmatics Activities Checklist
- Two new index scores help you determine if a child has the language skills needed to transition to the classroom
- Academic Language Readiness index
- Emerging Literacy index
- New growth scales values
Test Content
Subtests with scaled scores:
- Sentence Comprehension
- Word Structure
- Expressive Vocabulary
- Following Directions
- Recalling Sentences
- Basic Concepts
- Word Classes
- Phonological Awareness
- Descriptive Pragmatics Profile
- Preliteracy Rating Scale
Subtests with criterion score and/or descriptive information:
- Connected Speech Sample
- Pragmatic Activities Checklist
Scores
Subtest and Index scaled scores, percentile ranks, age equivalents, and growth scale values
- Core Language Score
- Receptive Language Index
- Expressive Language Index
- Language Content Index
- Language Structure Index
- Academic Language Readiness Index
- Early Literacy Index
The following resources are available for CELF Preschool-3 UK
UK Validation Research
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Development team worked with the A&NZ Research and Development team to establish an anglicised version that would be suitable for use in both the A&NZ standardisation and the UK validation.
As part of the adaptation of the CELF Preschool-3 UK, a comprehensive review of all test materials from both the US and A&NZ were undertaken by the Pearson Clinical Assessment Research and Development team in the UK, paying particular attention to the suitability of test content in terms of UK culture and language. After completing this review process, the CELF Preschool-3UK utilised the same test content and scoring criteria as the CELF Preschool-3A&NZ -
A validation project was conducted in the UK to demonstrate that the normative information from A&NZ and the clinical studies from the US could be used with a UK population of children in a statistically reliable and valid way. Doing so provides clinicians with confidence of the suitability of the use of the CELF Preschool-3UK with children across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Data collection and management of the UK validation project was overseen by the Research and Development team within Pearson Clinical Assessment UK. Validation data collection took place between January and October 2023.
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For the UK validation, item content and wording have been reviewed and updated to improve applicability for the UK population. Detailed information describing the development of the CELF Preschool–3, including information about item development, normative data development, reliability and validity studies, interpretation of scores, and details of the UK validation, can be found in Chapter 3 of the manual.
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The CELF Preschool–3UK validation research involved a stratified sample of N = 210 children with an additional clinical sample collected (N = 30). According to the inclusion and exclusion specifications for the validation sample, the children included did not meet the diagnosis criteria for a language impairment, a learning disorder in reading or writing, or a hearing impairment. All children spoke English as their primary (used most often in the home) language.
An analysis of the Census data provided by the Office for National Statistics (ONS; 2011, 2020) served as the basis for stratification to ensure a proportional number of participants were targeted for testing for the following variables: age, sex, race/ethnicity, and parent education level. The sample was balanced for regions of the UK but did not form a stratification variable, as region accounts for very little score variance. Efforts were made to ensure that cases were collected from each region proportionately representative of the UK population. Information of the demographics of the UK Validation sample are available in Table 3.2. In the Manual
Comparison with Prior Edition (CELF Preschool-2UK)
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We've produced a handy comparison table here.
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