[lg policy] US: Report Advises Rethinking Home-Language Surveys

[Harold Schiffman]

Forwarded From:  edling at lists.sis.utsa.edu


Education Week



Report Advises Rethinking Home-Language Surveys



A review of state policies by researchers from the University of
California, Los Angeles, raises questions about the validity of the
use of home-language surveys as a step to identify students eligible
for special help to learn English.



Full story:

http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2010/08/17/01language.h30.html?tkn=XRSFx8JjlopW6pF1%2FtL9x5SZtVLeWiUPZtVC&cmp=clp-edweek





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