PLS-5 Spanish (2012)_Pub_10.29.13.pdf
The PLS-5 Spanish is designed to determine the presence and severity of a receptive, expressive, or receptive-expressive language delay or disorder in monolingual Spanish speakers or bilingual Spanish-English speaking children from birth to 7 years 11 months. The test may also help to identify a child’s strengths and weakness to determine appropriate intervention. Despite the PLS-5 Spanish’s attempt to design a comprehensive language battery, results obtained from administration are not valid due to lack of information as to how tasks and items were deemed appropriate, and an insufficient reference standard. It is also important to note that although the discriminant accuracy was considered “fair,” the PLS-5 Spanish does not discriminate typically developing children from children with a language disorder. Instead, it discriminates children who scored below an arbitrary cutoff score on the PLS-4 Spanish. In addition, the test-retest and inter-item reliability measures did not meet the standard in the field and thus are unacceptable.
