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New Mexico Public Education Department, 2023
The Language and Culture Division (LCD) provides accountability with support to districts that serve students participating in Bilingual Multicultural Education Programs (BMEPs) so that all participating students achieve the program goals as outlined by New Mexico statute and administrative code, which are: (1) students become bilingual and…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Multicultural Education, Accountability, Expenditures
Whitney Renee Weirick – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The primary goal of this study was to explore how educational interpreter supervisors defined, experienced and approached their work in K-12 schools in the United States of America. A secondary goal was to examine how they interpreted, navigated and enacted educational and interpreting policy in their jobs as supervisors. A comparative case study…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Accountability, Professionalism, Comparative Analysis
New Mexico Public Education Department, 2024
The Language and Culture Division (LCD) provides accountability with support to districts that serve students participating in Bilingual Multicultural Education Programs (BMEPs) so that all participating students achieve the program goals as outlined by New Mexico statute and administrative code, which are: (1) students become bilingual and…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Multicultural Education, Educational Objectives, Academic Standards
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Holcomb, Thomas K. – American Annals of the Deaf, 2010
The standard epistemology requires the use of hard science to gain knowledge and discover the truth. In contrast, Deaf epistemology relies heavily on personal testimonies, personal experiences, and personal accounts to document knowledge. In recent years, a number of deaf schools have adopted deaf-centric policies shaped by Deaf epistemology in an…
Descriptors: Deafness, Educational Change, Epistemology, Academic Achievement
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Cawthon, Stephanie – American Annals of the Deaf, 2009
Teachers of students with "low-incidence" disabilities, such as students who are deaf or hard of hearing, face unique challenges in putting education policy into practice. The present article presents professional development findings from the Third Annual National Survey of Accommodations and Assessment for Students Who Are Deaf or Hard…
Descriptors: Partial Hearing, Deafness, Educational Opportunities, Professional Development
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Johnson, Evelyn; Kimball, Kathy; Brown, Shawn Olson – Assessment for Effective Intervention, 2001
A study investigated whether the use of American Sign Language as an accommodation affected the validity of standards-based assessments given in 12 classrooms of students with hearing impairments. Findings indicate sign language translation can result in the omission of pertinent information required to answer test items correctly. Suggestions are…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Academic Standards, Accountability, American Sign Language