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Chachula, Desiree Villarroel – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The disproportionate representation of English Language Learners (ELL) to special education is widely attributed to the difficulty in identifying a disability through a language in development. This language acquisition or language disorder question has manifested in paradoxical disproportionality patterns for the ELL population. Some…
Descriptors: Disproportionate Representation, English Language Learners, Special Education, Identification
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Sarolta, Simigne Fenyo – Indian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2011
The objective of the present study is to investigate sign language culture as part of multiculturalism in Hungary. The study consists of two parts. Referring to the 13 national and linguistic minorities living in the territory of Hungary, the first part gives a short account of the narrower interpretation of multiculturalism according to which it…
Descriptors: Sign Language, Deafness, Cultural Pluralism, Foreign Countries
Rumberger, Russell W. – University of California Linguistic Minority Research Institute, 2005
Researchers, policymakers, and practitioners are often interested in a number of demographic characteristics of students, such as race and ethnicity, language background, immigration status, and poverty. For example, the federal "No Child Left Behind" (NCLB) legislation requires schools and districts to report student test scores…
Descriptors: Ethnicity, Race, Poverty, Federal Legislation
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, NY. Office of Bilingual Education. – 1994
The collection of readings is designed to provide special education teachers in New York City (New York) public schools with information about and techniques for teaching Limited-English-Proficient (LEP) students. Articles address these topics: the demographics and trends of LEP populations; Hispanic student achievement; meeting the needs of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education, Caregivers, Class Activities