Task variability effects on the language test performance of southern lower socioeconomic class African American and Caucasian five-year-olds

Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 148-157

  Fagundes, Deana D ^a   Haynes, William O ^b   Haak, Nancy J ^b   Moran, Michael J ^b  

^a Brian Center   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Language assessment; Multicultural assessment; PLAI; Task variability

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032368182     PISSN: 01611461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/0161-1461.2903.148     Document Type: Article

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