The promises and pitfalls of language sample analysis as an assessment tool for linguistic minority children

Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 355-366

  Stockman, Ida J ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Competence; Language; Minority; Sample

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030305676     PISSN: 01611461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/0161-1461.2704.355     Document Type: Article

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