TEST FOR AUDITORY COMPREHENSION OF
LANGUAGE - Fourth Edition (TACL-4)
The Test for Auditory Comprehension of Language-Fourth Edition (TACL-4) is the
latest revision of this popular, individually-administered test. It is a reliable and
valid measure of a childs receptive spoken vocabulary, grammar, and syntax. The
test measures childrens ability to understand three language forms:
Vocabulary: The meanings of nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs, and of words that represent basic percepts and concepts.
Grammatical Morphemes: The meaning of function words (e.g., prepositions, pronouns, determiners) and inflections (e.g., bound morphemes such as noun number and case, verb number and tense, nounverb agreement, and
derivational suffixes).
Elaborated Phrases and Sentences: The meaning of syntactically based word relations and elaborated phrase and sentence constructions, including the modalities of single and combined constructions (interrogative sentences, negative sentences, active and passive voice, direct and indirect object), embedded sentences, and partially and completely conjoined sentences.
Administration Time: 20 to 30 minutes. Ages: 3-0 through 12-11.
New Features in the Fourth Edition
Norms for the TACL-4 are based on a nationally-representative sample of 1,142 children in the U.S and stratified by age relative to region, gender, ethnicity, socioeconomic factors, and other critical variables.
Percentile ranks, standard scores, and age equivalents are provided.
The age-range of the test was extended upward to include ages 10-0 through 12-11.
Floor effects and ceiling effects present in the subtests of the third edition were addressed by the addition of both easy and difficult items to the test.
The TACL-4was co-normed with the Test of Expressive Language (TEXL).
Complete TACL-4 Kit includes: Examiner's Manual, Picture Book, and 25 Examiner Record Booklets, all in a sturdy storage box.#3059 TACL-4 Complete Kit - $442.00 #3059A TACL-4 Examiner Record Booklet (pkg. of 25) - $71.00