Swedish school based speech-language pathologists’ perception of language assessment tools and practices
Cooke, Linnea ; Andersson, Ketty LU
and Blom Johansson, Monica
(2024)
In Acta Logopaedica
1.
p.51-73
- Abstract
- This qualitative study was aimed at increasing the knowledge about Swedish school based SLPs’ perception of language assessment tools and practices. Purposes of language assessments within a school context, experience of existing tools and an assessment’s optimal content was targeted. 19 school based SLPs were interviewed in focus groups and the data were analyzed using qualitative content analysis. Opinions that existing tools are partly functional emerged from the results, but also experiences of limitations and demands on flexibility. Furthermore, the combination of multiple assessment forms and deliveries and collaboration with other professions in school was perceived as essential. The results have increased our knowledge of how... (More)
- This qualitative study was aimed at increasing the knowledge about Swedish school based SLPs’ perception of language assessment tools and practices. Purposes of language assessments within a school context, experience of existing tools and an assessment’s optimal content was targeted. 19 school based SLPs were interviewed in focus groups and the data were analyzed using qualitative content analysis. Opinions that existing tools are partly functional emerged from the results, but also experiences of limitations and demands on flexibility. Furthermore, the combination of multiple assessment forms and deliveries and collaboration with other professions in school was perceived as essential. The results have increased our knowledge of how Swedish school based SLPs perceive language assessments and their opinions on how assessments need to be designed. The present study contributes to the growing body of research that shed light on the importance of combining different assessment forms to reach a functional focus. (Less)
- Abstract (Swedish)
- This qualitative study aimed to increase the knowledge about Swedish school-based speech-language pathologists’ (SLPs) perception of language assessment tools and p ractices. Topics included purposes of language assessments within a school context, experience of the existing tools and important dimensions. Nineteen school-based SLPs were interviewed in focus groups and the data were analysed using qualitative content analysis. The findings indicated that the existing tools are only partly functional, and therefore the SLPs sometimes needed to depart from standardized procedures or use assessment with age groups outside the test manuals. The SLPs stressed the importance to combine multiple assessment forms and to collaborate with other... (More)
- This qualitative study aimed to increase the knowledge about Swedish school-based speech-language pathologists’ (SLPs) perception of language assessment tools and p ractices. Topics included purposes of language assessments within a school context, experience of the existing tools and important dimensions. Nineteen school-based SLPs were interviewed in focus groups and the data were analysed using qualitative content analysis. The findings indicated that the existing tools are only partly functional, and therefore the SLPs sometimes needed to depart from standardized procedures or use assessment with age groups outside the test manuals. The SLPs stressed the importance to combine multiple assessment forms and to collaborate with other professions in schools. The results have increased our knowledge of how Swedish school-based SLPs perceive language assessments and their opinions on how assessments need to be designed. The present study contributes to the growing body of research that shed light on the importance of combining different assessment forms to reach a functional focus. (Less)
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- Cooke, Linnea
; Andersson, Ketty
LU
and Blom Johansson, Monica
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- 2024
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- Acta Logopaedica
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- 51 - 73
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- 10.58986/al.2024.13024
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- English
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