The new peabody picture vocabulary test-III: An illusion of unbiased assessment?

Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 340-353

  Stockman, Ida J ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Multicultural assessment; Peabody picture vocabulary test; Standardized tests; Test bias; Vocabulary

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034337776     PISSN: 01611461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/0161-1461.3104.340     Document Type: Article

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