Assessment of Limited English Proficient Hispanic Students.

Wilen, Diane Kriger; Sweeting, Carmen Van Maanen

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Publication Date: 1986

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Assessment of Limited English Proficient Hispanic Students.

Wilen, Diane Kriger; Sweeting, Carmen Van Maanen

School Psychology Review, v15 n1 p59-75 1986

This article discusses the psychoeducational assessment of limited English proficient Hispanic youngsters in the American school. Emphasis is placed on the use of nonverbal measures of intelligence and the importance of language and academic evaluations in both English and Spanish in order to obtain comparative data. (Author/LMO)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adjustment (to Environment), Bilingual Education, Cognitive Measurement, Elementary Secondary Education, Hispanic American Students, Intervention, Limited English Speaking, Psychoeducational Methods, Psychological Evaluation, Spanish Speaking, Test Bias

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Woodcock Johnson Psycho Educational Battery

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