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Epilogue: Toward an Understanding of Literacy Issues in Multicultural School-Age Populations

This epilogue to a forum on literacy issues in school-age children from culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) backgrounds highlights research findings that address: the importance of home environment in influencing literacy; the relationship between socioeconomic status and literacy; and the use of dynamic assessment and process-dependent measures as alternative assessments. (Contains 10 references.) (CR)

• Contributor: Harris, Joyce L.
• Date Published: Jan
• Journal/Secondary Title: Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools
• Number: 1
• Volume: 34
• Year: 2003

This resource is cataloged under:

• Network/channel: NIUSI: Families & Communities: Socioeconomics
• Network/channel: NIUSI: Professional Effort: Learning Assessment
• Network/channel: NIUSI: School Organizational Effort: Physical Environment & Facilities

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