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Language Minority Students Identified for Special Education: Predictors, Proportional Representation across Elementary Years, and the Role of Parent Engagement
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Angela G. M. Klinger – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The problem of disproportionality in special education is complex and requires an investigation of multiple factors related to racial, ethnic, linguistic, and socioeconomic backgrounds, school context, and family characteristics. Researchers have debated whether language minority (LM) students are under or overrepresented in special education, but…
Descriptors: Special Education, Disproportionate Representation, Disability Identification, Children
The Effect of Preschool and Kindergarten Participation on Later Achievement of Language-Minority Student
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Xin Li – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Evidence has suggested that preschool and kindergarten experiences affect the cognitive and social-emotion development of language-minority students (LMS). This quantitative study aims to illustrate the LMS' preschool and kindergarten experience by investigating the preschool and kindergarten experience, family environment, and school environment.…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Kindergarten, Language Minorities, Student Experience
Reading Instruction and Asian Language-Minority Learners' and Native-English-Speaking Students' English Reading Ability Growth
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Kung, Melody – ProQuest LLC, 2016
There is a lack of knowledge regarding reading development and predictors of reading development for Language Minority students (LMs) such as Asians. In particular, the research base is limited regarding the effectiveness of different reading instructional emphases for Asian LMs. The purpose of the present study was to examine whether language…
Descriptors: Reading Skills, Minority Group Students, Language Minorities, Asian Americans