Assessing Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students
Subtitle: A Practical Guide (Practical Intervention In The Schools)
Publisher: The Guilford Press; Guilford Press
Published: April 4, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 234
ISBN-13: 9781593851415
Subjects: Curriculum planning & development; Minorities; Education / Teaching; Bilingual Education; Multicultural Education; Education; Linguistic minorities; Handbooks, manuals, etc; Educational Psychology; Guidance & Orientation; Psychology & Psychiatry / Clinical Psychology; Ability testing; Minority students; Psychology; United States
First sentence: Title VII of the Improving America's School Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-382) provides the following definition to identify LEP students.
Description: "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-12 settings. It meets a crucial need among practitioners and special educators working in today's schools. Provided are research-based, step-by-step procedures for conducting effective interviews with students, parents, and teachers; making the best use of interpreters; addressing special issues in the prereferral process; and conducting accurate, unbiased assessments of academic achievement, intellectual functioning, language proficiency, and acculturation. Among the book's special features are reproducible worksheets, questionnaires, and checklists - including several in both English and Spanish - in a ready-to-use, large-size format."--BOOK JACKET.