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Direct linkSolano-Flores, Guillermo – Teachers College Record, 2006
This article examines the intersection of psychometrics and sociolinguists in the testing of English language learners (ELLs); it discusses language, dialect, and register as sources of measurement error. Research findings show that the dialect of the language in which students are tested (e.g., local or standard English) is as important as…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Test Construction, Sociolinguistics, Psychometrics
