Performance of a Receptive Language Test among Young Children in Madagascar

Performance of a Receptive Language Test among Young Children in Madagascar

Language tests developed and validated in one country may lose their desired properties when translated for use in another, possibly resulting in misleading estimates of ability. Using Item Response Theory (IRT) methodology, we assess the performance of a test of receptive vocabulary, the U.S.-valid...

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Main Authors: Weber, Ann M., Fernald, Lia C. H., Galasso, Emanuela, Ratsifandrihamanana, Lisy
Format: Journal Article
Language:en_US
Published: Public Library of Science 2015
Subjects:
Item Response Theory
IRT
vocabulary
translation
dialects
basic education
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23193

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