Purpose: The Bilingual English-Spanish Assessment (BESA) was developed in response to the need for valid, reliable instruments for assessment of speech and language ability, along a continuum, in English-Spanish bilingual children ages 4 through 6 years.
DESCRIPTION OF BESA COMPONENTS AND SUBTESTS
The BESA is a comprehensive assessment of a child's speech and language abilities in English and Spanish. Two ancillary questionnaires...