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Written Language Skills Of Middle And High School Students In An Alternative Program, Zuhar Rende
Written Language Skills Of Middle And High School Students In An Alternative Program, Zuhar Rende
LSU Doctoral Dissertations
The purpose of this study was to determine the written language skills of middle and high school students who were attending alternative programs in Southern California. The participants of this study were 114 students who were identified and served under Delinquency Prevention Program (DPP) and 83 students who were identified and served under Court Ordered Probation (COP). The Test of Written Language -3 (TOWL-3) (Hammill & Larsen, 1996) was administered to the participants in order to obtain written language measures. In addition, this study investigated whether any relationships exists between written language skills, academic measures and selected demographic characteristics of …