Assessment Concerns: A Study of Cultural Differences, Teacher Concepts, and Inappropriate Labeling.

Jacobs, Lila

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ERIC Number: EJ429885

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Publication Date: 1991

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Assessment Concerns: A Study of Cultural Differences, Teacher Concepts, and Inappropriate Labeling.

Jacobs, Lila

Teacher Education and Special Education, v14 n1 p43-48 Win 1991

An ethnographic study is reported using participant and nonparticipant observations, interviews, and analysis of school files on 77 Hmong students to probe factors affecting tendencies to incorrectly label Hmong students as learning disabled. Case studies are discussed in the context of Hmong history, refugees' experiences, and language factors. (Author/PB)

Descriptors: Bias, Case Studies, Educational Diagnosis, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnography, Handicap Identification, Hmong People, Labeling (of Persons), Learning Disabilities, Minority Group Children, Non English Speaking, Refugees, Social Bias

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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