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Direct linkDavenport, Neva Ann Medcalf – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2003
While testing children for readiness to enter Kindergarten using the Peabody Individual Achievement Test-R and interview probes, a pattern of responses developed indicating that some of the children were continuing to process answers to questions and to formulate elaborations to statements long after the testing had moved to other questions and…
Descriptors: Testing, Young Children, School Readiness, Achievement Tests
Moreira, Sylvia; Hamilton, Maryellen – Bilingual Research Journal, 2006
Rhyming tests have historically been used in the education system to assess reading readiness. English language learners (ELLs) have consistently scored poorly on these assessment tools. The current article examines a possible reason for this poor performance by ELLs. Specifically, the authors examined the relationship between semantic…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Interference (Language), Semantics, Reading Readiness
