Performance of African American preschool and kindergarten students on the expressive vocabulary test

Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 143-149

  Thomas Tate, Shurita ^a   Washington, Julie ^b   Craig, Holly ^c   Packard, Mary ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

African American students; Assessment; Validity; Vocabulary

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE TEST; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; SCHOOL; STUDENT;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS; VOCABULARY;

EID: 33646751529     PISSN: 01611461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/0161-1461(2006/016)     Document Type: Review

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