What are the 4 recommendations made by Peña and Halle (2011) to be considered when reviewing assessment products for children who are dual language learners?
What will be an ideal response?
(1) Children should continue to be assessed using both the home and school language. (2) Children may know different types of vocabulary in their home language than they do in the school language. (3) Make sure that the assessment is normed on the appropriate sample that represents the child being assessed. (4) Be cautious when using non-English assessments by making sure that the assessment being used has cultural and psychometric (reliability and validity) equivalences.
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
The amount of background knowledge students have about a content-area lesson ____
a. is an important consideration for students with reading disabilities only b. has little influence on whether or not students can read subject matter with understanding c. is often far less important than the quality of the textbook for students' understanding of the material d. is often just as important as the instructional presentation for students' understanding of the material
Which of the following Supreme Court cases established that the Supreme Court had the power to rule laws passed by Congress as unconstitutional?
A. Plessy v. Ferguson B. Dred Scott v. Sandford C. McCulloch v. Maryland D. Marbury v. Madison
____ model combines early-filter and later-filter models by suggesting that there are two processes, preattentive and attentive, that govern attention
a. Kihlstrom's b. Treisman's c. Deutsch's d. Neisser's