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We included studies comparing children with SLI to (a) typically developing peers matched on age ( k = 39 studies) and (b) typically developing younger peers with similar language capabilities ( k = six studies). Children classified with SLI scored lower on writing measures than their typically developing peers matched on age ( g = \u22120.97) when all writing scores in a study were included in the analysis. This same pattern occurred for specific measures of writing: quality ( g = \u22120.92), output ( g = \u22121.00), grammar ( g = \u22120.68), vocabulary ( g = \u22120.68), and spelling ( g = \u22121.17). 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