What might be behind the over-representation of bilingual children among students with learning disabilities?
a. Assessments used to detect learning disabilities may not be valid and reliable for bilingual students.
b. Learning a second language is academically demanding and may result in lower academic performance.
c. Education systems in other countries are so far behind the U.S. that students have difficulties catching up. d. Both A and B are true.
ANSWER: d
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