Struggling reader or emerging biliterate student? Reevaluating the criteria for labeling emerging bilingual students as low achieving

Journal of Literacy Research

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 68-89

  Hopewell, Susan ^a   Escamilla, Kathy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; At risk; Bilingual; Biliteracy; Diagnosis; Diversity; Esl; Minority; Ses issues; Struggling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901417516     PISSN: 1086296X     EISSN: 15548430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1086296X13504869     Document Type: Article

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