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Seminar Series: Community Norms that Actually Represent Linguistically Diverse Populations

Nov 22, 2024

12:00 PM - 01:00 PM

Wendell Johnson Speech and Hearing Center, #308

250 Hawkins Drive, Iowa City, IA 52242

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Children with unique linguistic backgrounds are not served by the current state of language assessment that often relies on standardized tests scored against large normative samples that, by their very nature, only represent the prevailing majorized group. As a result, non-standardized techniques are often recommended for minoritized groups, such as multilingual learners or children who use understudied languages.

However, local community norming could offer a realistic solution to this critical representation challenge in language assessment. In this talk, we share the initial outcomes of
two community norming projects: a local project in Iowa City in collaboration with the Neighborhood Centers of Johnson County and an international collaboration.

Presenter: Philip Combiths, PhD, CCC-SLP, and Charlotte Hilker, MA, CF-SLP

Friday, Nov. 22, 2024
Noon–1 p.m.
Speech and Hearing Center, Room #308
or
Zoom (Meeting ID: 946 5630 0416; Passcode:2024)
https://uiowa.zoom.us/j/94656300416?pwd=eVm0ZTQobXvWua57lovnbGJk29wrcO.1

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