Table 4. Summary of results from the language test battery for the three subject groups.
| Measure | Controls N = 30 | Y- SLI N = 11 | O-SLI N = 10 | ||
| Grammar | CELF-RS | Raw, mean (SD) | 24.10 (8.19) | 6.64 (6.62) | 14.50 (6.85) |
| Raw, range | 7–37 | 1–25 | 6–29 | ||
| z-score, mean | 0.36 | –3.82 | –2.67 (n = 1) | ||
| VATT – AGR (n = 20) | Raw, mean (SD) | 9.63 (6.75) | 1.46 (3.88) | 3.50 (5.76) | |
| Raw, range | 0–20 | 0–13 | 0–18 | ||
| VATT – TM (n = 20) | Raw, mean (SD) | 7.80 (4.53) | 0.55 (1.81) | 2.60 (4.50) | |
| Raw, range | 2–18 | 0–6 | 0–14 | ||
| TAPS (n = 48) | Raw, mean (SD) | 32.20 (5.76) | 22.82 (7.82) | 28.20 (8.04) | |
| Raw, range | 22–43 | 12–36 | 15–39 | ||
| GAPS – GRAMMAR | Raw, mean (SD) | 09.67 (1.97) | 2.73 (2.87) | 5.70 (2.98) | |
| Raw, range | 4–11 | 0–10 | 2–10 | ||
| Percentile rank, mean | 71.03 | 7.18 | 6.60 | ||
| Phonology | CNRep | Raw, mean (SD) | 16.80 (6.50) | 3.18 (4.26) | 16.60 (6.40) |
| Raw, range | 2–30 | 0–11 | 7–25 | ||
| z-score, mean | –0.72 (n = 27) | –2.53 (n = 9) | –2.43 | ||
| GAPS - PHONOLOGY | Raw, mean (SD) | 6.37 (1.50) | 1.00 (2.19) | 4.70 (2.36) | |
| Raw, range | 3–8 | 0–7 | 1–8 | ||
| Percentile rank, mean | 61.83 | 9.00 | 31.60 | ||
| General | BPVS | Raw, mean (SD) | 63.10 (12.70) | 43.82 (11.44) | 60.70 (10.69) |
| Raw, range | 41–87 | 19–59 | 48–78 | ||
| z-score, mean | 0.54 | –.64 | –.96 | ||
| TROG-2 | Raw, mean (SD) | 7.30 (4.13) | 3.55 (3.75) | 7.50 (4.40) | |
| Raw, range | 2–15 | 0–14 | 2–14 | ||
| z-score, mean | –0.40 (n = 27) | –1.32 (n = 9) | –2.15 | ||
| Reading | WORD | Raw, mean (SD) | 14.40 (11.40) | 3.36 (3.41) | 13.8 (8.97) |
| Raw, range | 0–41 | 0–11 | 5–36 | ||
| z-score, mean | 1.16 (n = 11) | –.63 (n = 4) | –1.27 (n = 1) | ||
Controls = typically developing children; Y-SLI = younger SLI children within the age-range of GAPS; O-SLI = older SLI children who are aged 6:9 to 9 years; VATT-AG = VATT Agreement score; VATT-TM – VATT past tense marked verb score; TROG-2 Mean Score = Mean number of blocks passed.