Preliminary development of a kindergarten school readiness assessment for latino students

Journal of Applied School Psychology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 77-102

  Matthew, Quirk ^a   Furlong, Michael ^a   Lilles, Elena ^a   Felix, Erika ^a   Chin, Jenna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Achievement; Kindergarten; Latino students; School readiness; Universal screening

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951967853     PISSN: 15377903     EISSN: 15377911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15377903.2010.540518     Document Type: Article

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