Exploring the Dimensionality of a Brief School Readiness Screener for Use With Latino/a Children

Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 259-264

  Quirk, Matthew ^a   Rebelez, Jennica ^a   Furlong, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Kindergarten Student Entrance Profile; school readiness; screening

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899633097     PISSN: 07342829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734282913505994     Document Type: Article

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