Upcoming Webinars

Identifying Learning Disabilities in English Language Learners: Lessons from Three New York Districts

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

12:00–1:00 PM EDT

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HOSTED BY
Regional Educational Laboratory Northeast and Islands

OVERVIEW
A newly published REL-NEI Issues & Answers Report examines the practices and processes in three suburban New York school districts to identify learning disabilities among students who are English language learners (ELLs). In this webinar, the report’s authors will explain how they used interviews with district and school personnel and documents from state and district websites to identify similarities and differences in practices. For example, they found more differences in the pre-referral process than in the referral process. The researchers also will discuss eight challenges to identifying learning disabilities in ELLs and five interrelated elements that appear to be important for avoiding misidentification of learning disabilities.

PRESENTERS

• Harouna Ba

  María Teresa Sánchez

  Caroline Parker

  Anna McTigue

  Rosalia Gallo

  Harouna Ba, New York Liaison, REL-NEI; Moderator
• María Teresa Sánchez, Project Leader, Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC); REL-NEI
• Caroline Parker, Project Leader, EDC; REL-NEI
• Anna McTigue, Researcher, EDC; REL-NEI
• Rosalia Gallo, Instructional Supervisor, Bilingual/ESOL Special Education Program, Miami-Dade Public Schools; Discussant
• Carole Urbano, REL-NEI; Technical Moderator

SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS

• Processes and Challenges in Identifying Learning Disabilities Among Students Who Are English Language Learners in Three New York State Districts (REL-NEI Issues & Answers Report)
• Miami-Dade Public Schools—Language Proficiency and Dominance Screening

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

RELATED REL RESEARCH AND IES RESOURCES

• What Works Clearinghouse Topic Area: Students with Learning Disabilities
• What Works Clearinghouse Topic Area: English Language Learners
• English Language Proficiency Assessment in the Pacific Region (REL Pacific)
• New Measures of English Language Proficiency and Their Relationship to Performance on Large-Scale Content Assessments (REL-NEI)
• Preparing to Serve English Language Learner Students: School Districts with Emerging English Language Learner Communities (REL Appalachia)

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
National, state, and local policymakers; state education leaders; district and school administrators; representatives of professional associations and unions; and teachers, parents and students.

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REL-NEI Webinars provide an interactive forum for state education agencies, superintendents, principals, district level specialists, association heads, state legislatures, teachers unions, and parent associations seeking applied education research to make policy and practice decisions leading to improved student achievement and reduced performance gaps. These sessions not only present findings but place a special emphasis on connecting applied education research to the work of field practitioners.