Measures of reading comprehension: Do they measure different skills for children learning English as a second language?

Reading and Writing

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1899-1928

  Grant, Amy ^a   Gottardo, Alexandra ^a   Geva, Esther ^b  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

English language learners (ELLs); Reading comprehension measures; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865423379     PISSN: 09224777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11145-012-9370-y     Document Type: Article

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