Performance of Bilingual Children on the Spanish Version of the ITPA.

Perez, Fred McCall

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ERIC Number: EJ230242

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Publication Date: 1980-Apr

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Performance of Bilingual Children on the Spanish Version of the ITPA.

Perez, Fred McCall

Exceptional Children, v46 n7 p536-41 Apr 1980

A Spanish version of the Illinois Test of Psycholinguistic Abilities (ITPA) and its English translation were administered alternatively to 297 kindergarten and second-grade Hispanic children from bilingual classes. Results cast doubt on court decisions that require bilingual Hispanic children to be tested in the language predominant in the home. (Author)

Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Culture Fair Tests, Hispanic Americans, Primary Education, Standardized Tests, Test Bias, Test Results

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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Illinois Test of Psycholinguistic Abilities

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