Assessing preschool dual language learners: Traveling a multiforked road

Author(s): Pena, Elizabeth D.; Halle, Tamara
Date Issued: March 2011
Description: A discussion of linguistic, cultural, and contextual challenges to the accurate assessment of preschool dual language learners, the need for valid and reliable measures for both monolingual and bilingual children, and the need for norming samples representative of the diversity of the early childhood population in the United States
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Journal Title: Child Development Perspectives
Volume Number: 5
Issue Number: 1
Page Range: 28-32
Topics: Children & Child Development > Child Development & School Readiness > Assessment & Measurement

Children & Child Development > Special Needs Children & Special Child Populations > Native Language

Research & Evaluation Methods > Measures
ISSN: 1750-8592 Paper
1750-8606 Online
Peer Reviewed: yes
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