Background: Clinicians use standardized assessments extensively in clinical and research settings to assess children's
language skills and provide information for diagnosis, service eligibility, and intervention decisions.
Aims: The study aimed at standardization of the newly designed and formatted "Arabic Language Test (ALT)" for the
age range 4-8 years.
Patients and Methods: Piloting of the test was done on 60 children with normal language development (15 from each
one-year age) from 4- 8 years old. The sample of standardization was 720 Egyptian children divided into four groups
each of 180 children. Group A (4-5 years), group B (5-6 years), group C (6-7 years) and group D (7-8 years). 60 children
were retested after 2 weeks by the same test to measure reliability (test-retest, Split half method and Alpha Cronbach).
80 children with language disordered were tested to measure validity (Internal consistency, contrasted group validity,
judgement and face validities).
Results: Highly significant scores were obtained for validity measures, as well as for reliability measures.
Conclusion: The recently revised 4-8-year-old Arabic Language Test is a reliable and effective test that can be used to
assess the language development of Egyptian children and detect language deficiencies in children of the same age.