Impact Preschool Language Rating Scale Report Generator

Impact Statement:

The diagnostic accuracy of an assessment tool is key in identifying those who have a language impairment (sensitivity) and those with typical language development (specificity) (Plante & Vance, 1994). A student’s language abilities are measured along a range, and as such, assessment tools benefit from having determined thresholds called “cut scores” to measure the sensitivity and specificity of a test. Cut scores are thresholds that are used to distinguish between those who have a language impairment and those with typical language development. For example, if a statistically significant cut score of 77 distinguishes a student with typical social communication development from a student with social communication disorder, and a student achieves a score of 80, this is above the cut score and thus, suggests that the student’s performance is not significant enough to negatively impact social interactions.  

STUDENT A was assessed using the xx test. STUDENT A achieved a score of ___, which was below/above the cut score. The results of this test suggest STUDENT A’s social communication/language or articulation performance is indicative/not indicative of a social communication disorder/developmental language delay/articulation impairment, etc and/or is significant/not significant enough to negatively impact his/her education progress and social interactions.