NYS- ells-disabilities-standard-scores-december-2014.pdf
This is a special education field advisory that was released in December, 2014. It details the use of standardized scores with culturally and linguistically diverse children. Read More
Category: Mainstream American Middle Class Culture
Mainstream American middle class culture refers to the beliefs, language, and social practices of the American middle class. Not all children, especially those from lower socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds, are part of that culture.
Reading Development Module 2: Role of the SLP in Literacy
Stephanie Downey Toledo is a bilingual speech language pathologist in New York City as well as a professor at Teachers College, Columbia University. She has collaborated with the LEADERS project on this module series and others. Read More
Socioeconomic, Linguistic and Cultural Bias in Testing and Labeling Tasks (Preschool Disability Evaluations: Module 12)
This module examines different sources of bias that are present in commonly used standardized language tests. Read More
