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This article discusses the challenges involved with (1) content assessments for ELs; and (2) misclassifying ELs as students with learning disabilities.

This article examines identification of and remediation for ELs with possible LDs. Identification methods include assessments and information obtained from the parents about the prior history of the child and family.

This article discusses the challenges involved with (1) content assessments for ELs; and (2) misclassifying ELs as students with learning disabilities.

This study was completed to examine "the special education referral and decision-making process for English language learners (ELLs), with a focus on Child Study Team (CST) meetings and placement conferences/multidisciplinary team meetings".

This volume reports the findings of the National Literacy Panel on Language-Minority Children and Youth.

This report highlights a pervasive achievement gap that positions low-income preschoolers far behind their more affluent classmates.

The research examined the extent to which (a) Grade 2 English-as-a-second-language (ESL) and English-as-a-first-language (EL1) children resemble each other on word and text reading efficiency and (b) whether individual differences in word and text reading efficiency in the two language groups can be