Performance on the PPVT-III and the EVT: Applicability of the measures with African American and European American preschool children

Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 17-27

  Restrepo, María Adelaida ^a   Schwanenflugel, Paula J ^b   Blake, Jamilia ^b   Neuharth Pritchett, Stacey ^b   Cramer, Stephen E ^b   Ruston, Hilary P ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Differential item functioning; EVT; Maternal education; PPVT; Test bias; Vocabulary

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE TEST; MALE; MOTHER; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; MOTHERS; POVERTY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33644677918     PISSN: 01611461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/0161-1461(2006/003)     Document Type: Article

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