Ages 4-0 to 8-11.The Test of Language Development-Primary: Fourth Edition (TOLD-P:4) assesses spoken language in young children.  Professionals can use the TOLD-P:4 to (1) identify children who are significantly below their peers in oral language proficiency, (2) determine their specific strengths and weaknesses in oral language skills, (3) document their progress in remedial programs, and (4) measure oral language in research studies.

Subtests
The TOLD-P:4 has nine subtests that measure various aspects of oral language are described below.  The results of these subtests can be combined to form composite scores for the major dimensions of language: semantics and grammar; listening, organizing, and speaking; and overall language ability. Test scores are converted to standard scores, age scores, and percentiles.

1. Picture Vocabulary - measures understanding of the meaning of spoken English words (semantics, listening)
2. Relational Vocabulary - measures understanding and ability to orally express the relationships between two spoken stimulus words (semantics, organizing)
3. Oral Vocabulary - measures ability to give oral directions to common English words that are spoken by the examiner (semantics, speaking)
4. Syntactic Understanding - measures ability to comprehend the meaning of sentences (grammar, listening)
5. Sentence Imitation - measures ability to imitate English sentences (grammar, organizing)
6. Morphological Completion - measures ability to recognize, understand, and use common English morphological forms (grammar, speaking)
7. Word Discrimination - measures ability to recognize the differences in significant speech sounds (phonology, listening)
8. Word Analysis - measures ability to segment words into smaller phonemic units (phonology, organizing)
9. Word Articulation - measures ability to utter important English speech sounds (phonology, speaking)

New Features of the TOLD:P-4

• All new normative data were collected from a demographic representative sample of the 2005 U.S. population.
• Floor and ceiling effects have been eliminated in the Core subtests and composites.
• Study of item bias has been expanded.
• Numerous validity studies, including studies of the test sensitivity and specificity have been provided.
• Complete directions for administering subtests have been included in the Examiner Manual.
• Test manual has been streamlined to be more user-friendly.

Complete TOLD:P-4 Kit Includes: Examiner Manual, Picture Book, 25 Examiner/Record Forms, and a Critical Reviews and Research Finds monograph, all in a sturdy storage box.