Which of the following statements is not true regarding the use of a parent informant when
conducting a language assessment?
A) Parents have the opportunity to observe the child at their top linguistic potential.
B) Parent reports of the linguistic competence of their own children often do not correlate
with the child's actual performance.
C) The parent is often interviewed first when a child is suspected of having a language
problem.
D) The use of parent informants in language assessment is a controversial subject amongst
linguistic experts.
B
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