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Wood, Carla L.; Gabas, Clariebelle M. – Educational Research, 2017
Background: Reading attitudes are recognised as an influencing factor on the language and literacy achievement of school age monolingual English-speaking children. The relationship between reading attitudes and achievement in young Spanish-speaking English Learners (ELs) remains understudied. Purpose: The aim of the current study was to describe…
Descriptors: Reading Attitudes, Bilingualism, Positive Attitudes, Recreational Reading
Lang, W. Steve; Chew, Alex L.; Crownover, Carol; Wilkerson, Judy R. – Online Submission, 2007
Determining the cross-cultural equivalence of multilingual tests is a challenge that is more complex than simple horizontal equating of test forms. This study examines the functioning of a trilingual test of preschool readiness to determine the equivalence. Different forms of the test have previously been examined using classical statistical…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Reading Readiness Tests, Item Analysis, Item Response Theory