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The Role of Bilingual Education Teachers in Preventing Inappropriate Referrals of ELLs to Special Education: Implications for Response to Intervention
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Ortiz, Alba A.; Robertson, Phyllis M.; Wilkinson, Cheryl Y.; Liu, Yi-Juin; McGhee, Belinda D.; Kushner, Millicent I. – Bilingual Research Journal, 2011
Data from three interrelated studies of English Language Learners who were identified as having reading-related learning disabilities suggest that the majority of participants were misclassified. Bilingual education teachers and other educational professionals had difficulty distinguishing students for whom special education referral was…
Descriptors: Learning Problems, Intervention, Bilingual Education, Learning Disabilities
English Language Learners with Reading-Related LD: Linking Data from Multiple Sources to Make Eligibility Determinations
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Wilkinson, Cheryl Y.; Ortiz, Alba A.; Robertson, Phyllis M.; Kushner, Millicent I. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2006
Results are reported for an exploratory study of eligibility decisions made for 21 Spanish-speaking English language learners (ELLs) with learning disabilities (LD) and no secondary disabilities who received special education support in reading. Eligibility determinations by an expert panel resulted in decisions that differed significantly from…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Learning Problems, Learning Disabilities, English (Second Language)