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ERIC Number: EJ511933
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0142-6001
Policy Issues in Assessing Indigenous Languages: A Navajo Case.
McGroarty, Mary; And Others
Applied Linguistics, v16 n3 p323-43 Sep 1995
This article describes some of the policy questions arising in the course of efforts to develop a test of Navajo language comprehension for young children, explaining how the test development process was similar to and different from the typical model of top-down test development by outside experts. (58 references) (MDM)
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Elementary Education, Evaluation Problems, Government Role, Language Attitudes, Language Planning, Language Tests, Navajo, Student Evaluation, Test Construction, Uncommonly Taught Languages
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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