Name of the Test

Khan-Lewis Phonological Analysis (KLPA)

Authors

Linda M. L. Kahn & Nancy P. Lewis

Year of Publication

1986

Publisher

American Guidance Services, Inc.

Current Cost (include a list of additional materials such as score forms, etc.)

Complete kit-$183.95

Forms-$49.95

Purpose of the test

 

 

Diagnosing and describing articulation and phonological disorders

 

 

Ages for whom the test is intended

2-0 through 5-11

List Subtests

Does not contain subtests

Describe the normative sample

 

 

927 children between the ages of 2-0 and 5-11 were tested at 411 sites in 7 cities between December 1982 and June 1994.   852 of those children were selected to develop normative data for the KLPA.  It contained 442 females and 410 males who were either white, black, Hispanic or other.

Are the norms appropriate for use in Boone?

Yes

Describe how reliability was established

Short-term test-retest -Goldman Fristoe was administered by a Kahn Lewis author to 149 children aged 2-0 through 5-11 then completed the Kahn Lewis. The same author readministered the Goldman-Fristoe after an interval of 7-14 days, and completed the Kahn Lewis immediately after.

Long-term test-retest – 51 children in the standardization sample were retested 1 year after the initial standardization.   The mean age was 3-5 on the first administration and 4-4 on the second.

Describe how validity was established

Content-Validity:   Provides for an analysis of single words rather than of continuous speech.  For example, when deletion of final consonants is the most frequent phonological process used in a child’s continuous speech, it tends to be the most frequent in single words produced by the same child.

Construct-Validity:   Is supported by the following:   1) Developmental changes 2) Profiles of scores for children with speech disorders 3)  Interrelationships among the phonological processes 4) Internal consistency of the test 5) Correlations with an articulation test  

Describe a situation for which it would be chosen over the other tests

A child has been given the Goldman-Fristoe and needs to be further assessed on phonological processes

Describe a situation for which it should not be chosen over the other tests.

If the child has not been given the Goldman-Fristoe this test cannot be administered.