Curriculum-Based Measurement in Assessing Bilingual Students: A Promising New Direction

Assessment for Effective Intervention

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 229-248

  Bentz, Johnell ^a   Pavri, Shireen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84992885340     PISSN: 15345084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/073724770002500303     Document Type: Article

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