This article discusses characteristics of educational environments that facilitate success for
culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) learners, thereby reducing inappropriate referrals …

of classroom teachers in teaching and assessing reading and writing skills. The focus of this
book is on providing tools, strategies, and well-informed diagnostic judgment skills for …

This is the first book to present a practical, problem-solving approach and hands-on tools
and techniques for assessing English-language learners and culturally diverse students in K …

In 1925 Adolfo 'Babe'Romo, a Mexican American rancher in Tempe, Arizona, filed suit
against his school district on behalf of his four young children, who were forced to attend a …

Between 3 and 5 years of age, most children's stories demonstrate increasing semantic
complexity and diversity (Berman & Slobin, 1994). Measures of the length of oral narratives …

As a group, Native American people are perhaps the least understood and most
underserved populations in schools. Native American is a collective term, representing a …

This investigation compared the rate of receptive acquisition of English prepositions and
pronouns for two groups of bilingual first grade children with language delays. Group A …

Purpose: This study examined dynamic assessment as a lessbiased evaluation procedure
for assessing the languagelearning ability of Native American children. Method: Twenty …

One of the special arrangements in testing contexts is to allow dyslexic students to listen to
the text while they read. In our study, we investigated the effect of read-aloud assistance on …

Reasons for the disproportionate representation of students from culturally and linguistically
diverse backgrounds in special education are multifaceted and shaped by the cultural …