The need for multiple measures in reclassification decisions: A validity study of the stanford english language proficiency test

The Education of Language Minority Immigrants in the United States

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 240-262

  Mahoney, Kate ^a   Haladyna, Tom ^b   Macswan, Jeff ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT FREDONIA   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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