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ERIC Number: EJ391040
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1988
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The Relative Importance of Language and Culture in Making Assessment Decisions about Hispanic Students Referred to Special Education.
Metz, Isaura Barrera
NABE: The Journal for the National Association for Bilingual Education, v12 n3 p191-218 Spr 1988
Finds that seven educational diagnosticians: did not give equal consideration to student language and culture variables in four decisions about bilingual special education assessment methods, varied in reliability across decisions, and showed higher reliability when aware of own decision making processes. Contains 20 references and 10 statistical tables. (SV)
Descriptors: Bilingual Special Education, Decision Making, Educational Diagnosis, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Hispanic American Students, Methods Research, School Psychologists
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Simulated Cases Questionnaire