Satisfaction with standardized language testing: A survey of speech-language pathologists

Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 12-23

  Huang, Rei Jane ^a   Hopkins, Joseph ^a   Nippold, Marilyn A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Caseload size; Clinicians' satisfaction; Language assessment; Standardized language tests; Work setting

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031538082     PISSN: 01611461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/0161-1461.2801.12     Document Type: Article

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