Kindergarten literacy assessment of English Only and English language learner students: An examination of the predictive validity of three phonemic awareness measures

Journal of School Psychology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 369-394

  Linklater, Danielle L ^a   O'Connor, Rollanda E ^a   Palardy, Gregory J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Early literacy; English language learners; Kindergarten; Phonemic awareness; Reading assessment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHILD; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE TEST; LEARNING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHONETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; READING; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UNITED STATES;

AWARENESS; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE TESTS; LEARNING; MALE; PHONETICS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; READING; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STUDENTS;

EID: 70350072315     PISSN: 00224405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsp.2009.08.001     Document Type: Article

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