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Download full textOlson, Paula – 1991
This digest discusses the process of referring language minority students to special education, focusing specifically on the problems of overreferral and underreferral. The prereferral process, the assessment and referral process, and the characteristics and behaviors of language minority students in need of special education are described in…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation, Language Minorities, Limited English Speaking
