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Direct linkCarroll, Patricia E.; Bailey, Alison L. – Language Testing, 2016
English language proficiency assessments (ELPA) are used in the United States to measure annually the English language progress and proficiency of English-language learners (ELLs), a subgroup of language minority students who receive language acquisition support mandated and largely funded by Title III (NCLB, 2001). ELPA proficient and…
Descriptors: Classification, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language Proficiency
Nanda, Alice O.; Greenberg, Daphne; Morris, Robin – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2010
This study examined whether measurement constructs behind reading-related tests for struggling adult readers are similar to what is known about measurement constructs for children. The sample included 371 adults reading between the third-and fifth-grade levels, including 127 men and 153 English speakers of other languages. Using measures of skills…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Reading Skills, Reading Difficulties, Factor Analysis
