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Defining Mild Disabilities with Language-Minority Students.
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Rueda, Robert – Exceptional Children, 1989
A discussion of special education placement of language-minority students with mild disabilities focuses on current eligibility criteria, proposing that problems in assessment, diagnosis, and placement reflect problems with larger issues in special education, especially continuing reliance on the psychometric paradigm. Reform attempts are…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Diagnosis, Elementary Secondary Education, Eligibility
Dynamic Assessment and Cognitive Program for Disadvantaged Gifted Children.
Kaniel, Shlomo; Reichenberg, Rivka – Gifted Education International, 1990
After describing deficiencies of psychometric tests in identifying disadvantaged gifted youth, this article presents a system of dynamic assessment and cognitive intervention. The program's theoretical rationale is based on systematic thinking and metacognitive skills. Objectives for program implementation are offered in terms of cognitive,…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Educational Diagnosis, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted Disadvantaged
Addressing the Issue of Cultural and Linguistic Diversity and Assessment: Informal Evaluation Measures for English Language Learners
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Spinelli, Cathleen G. – Reading & Writing Quarterly, 2008
Existing research indicates that there is a disproportionate number of students with cultural and linguistic differences, English Language Learners (ELL), who are misidentified as learning disabled when their problems are due to cultural and/or linguistic differences. As a consequence, these students do not receive appropriate services. With the…
Descriptors: Informal Assessment, Formative Evaluation, Second Language Learning, Cultural Pluralism
A Model for an Individualized College Program in Learning Skills.
Yanosko, Barbara J. – 1978
In this program for college students the goal is to help students learn more efficiently and effectively. Designed primarily to aid the under-prepared student, the program attempts to fill in gaps in the student's background and help him or her learn those techniques that are necessary to college survival. A diagnostic survey is conducted with the…
Descriptors: College Students, Educational Diagnosis, Individualized Instruction, Learning Problems
Student Diagnosis: A Supplementary Paper to the Educational Programs Report of the Los Rios Community College District Master Plan.
Hendrick, Larry – 1980
Recommendations and guidelines are presented for the educational diagnosis of students entering the Los Rios Community College District. The paper first underscores the need for a diagnostic process to help students assess their potential for academic success, and then recommends: (1) the assessment of past academic and work experience, basic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aptitude, Academic Persistence, Basic Skills
The Indian Child in Special Education: Two Persons' Perceptions.
Foster, Carl G.; Gable, Emma – 1980
The implementation of PL 94-142, special education for Native American children, is addressed in these six essays. PL 94-142 guarantees all exceptional children the right to a free education; in addition the child's program must be tailored to meet the pupil's individualized needs with all instruction appropriate to the child, providing a least…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indians, Bilingual Education, Communicative Competence (Languages)