August 1, 1991
Language Assessment Instruments: LAUSD Language Development Program for African American Students
Authors:
Frances Butler, Joan Herman and Edynn Yamaguchi
This paper reports on the development of prototype instruments for assessing written and oral Mainstream American English. Both the test development effort reported here and the prototype instruments should be viewed as preliminary. Additional refinement of test format subsequent validation are needed before the instruments can be used for evaluation purposes.
Butler, F., Herman, J., & Yamaguchi, E. (1991). Language assessment instruments: LAUSD language development program for African American students (CSE Report 339). Los Angeles: University of California, Los Angeles, National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST).