Predicting children's academic achievement from early assessment scores: A validity generalization study

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 547-566

  Kim, Juhu ^a,b   Suen, Hoi K ^c  

^a Korean Women's Development Institute   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Early assessment; Predictive validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344943932     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2003.09.011     Document Type: Article

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