Bilingual school psychologists' assessment practices with English language learners

Psychology in the Schools

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1018-1034

  O'bryon, Elisabeth C ^a   Rogers, Margaret R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

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EID: 78149390974     PISSN: 00333085     EISSN: 15206807     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pits.20521     Document Type: Article

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