Assessing the Language Acquisition Progress of Limited English Proficient Students: Problems and a New Alternative.

Royer, James M.; Carlo, Maria S.

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ERIC Number: EJ429438

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Publication Date: 1991

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Assessing the Language Acquisition Progress of Limited English Proficient Students: Problems and a New Alternative.

Royer, James M.; Carlo, Maria S.

Applied Measurement in Education, v4 n2 p85-113 1991

Measures of linguistic competence for limited-English-proficient students are discussed. The results for 134 students in grades 3 through 6 from a study of the reliability and validity of the Sentence Verification Technique tests as measures of listening and reading comprehension performance in native languages and English are reported. (TJH)

Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Comparative Testing, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, English (Second Language), Language Acquisition, Language Tests, Listening Comprehension, Native Speakers, Reading Comprehension, Spanish Speaking, Test Reliability, Test Validity

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Language: English

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