Language Proficiency and Academic Achievement: A Study of Language Proficiency Tests and Their Relationship to School Ratings as Predictors of Academic Achievement.

Ulibarri, Daniel M.; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ258370

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Publication Date: 1981

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Language Proficiency and Academic Achievement: A Study of Language Proficiency Tests and Their Relationship to School Ratings as Predictors of Academic Achievement.

Ulibarri, Daniel M.; And Others

NABE: The Journal for the National Association for Bilingual Education, v5 n3 p47-80 Spr 1981

Comparability may be obtained for the Language Assessment Scale and the Bilingual Syntax Measure through a change in classification strategies which will also improve the equivalence of the tests and their correlation with achievement. Use of the tests along with teacher ratings should then provide meaningful criteria for classification. (Author/CM)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Education, Hispanic Americans, Language Proficiency, Language Tests, Oral Language, Prediction, Spanish Speaking, Standardized Tests, Student Evaluation

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: California

Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Language Assessment Scales

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