Children's English and Services Study
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Published: 1982
Total Pages: 72
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Two methodological reviews of the Children's English and Services Study (CESS), a congressionally mandated estimate of the number and needs of limited English proficient children, are presented. Such reviews are needed because the CESS is the only national study of its kind which administered a language proficiency test to determine the language proficiency of language minority groups. The reviews were conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics and the National Institute of Education. They include discussions of design and methodological issues and statistical tables. The major methodological issues reviewed include selection of items for the Language Measurement and Assessment Inventory, establishment of test cut-off scores for classifying children as limited English proficient, and the effects of non-response bias on estimates of the number of limited English proficient children. (RW)