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Christy Wynn Moland – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The purpose of this study was to examine the validity of the "DELV-ST" by comparing it to two other screeners, the "Fluharty-2" and the "Washington-Craig Language Screener" (WCLS). The participants were 73 African American Pre-K and Head Start children, aged four- to five-years-old. Fail rates were higher than what…
Descriptors: Language Variation, Screening Tests, Low Income, African American Children
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Champion, Tempii B.; Rosa-Lugo, Linda I.; Rivers, Kenyatta O.; McCabe, Allyssa – Topics in Language Disorders, 2010
Purpose: Research has established that African American (AA) children are lagging behind other children in their reading skills. A number of factors have been proposed to account for the literacy gap; however no single factor has entirely explained this disparity. This investigation examined the appropriateness of the Gray Oral Reading Test-Fourth…
Descriptors: African American Students, Speech Communication, Investigations, Language Variation