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Download full textAbedi, Jamal; Hofstetter, Carolyn; Baker, Eva; Lord, Carol – 2001
This study compared the performance of 946 8th-grade students with different language proficiencies (limited English proficient [LEP], fluent English proficient [FEP], and initially fluent in English [IFE]) and language backgrounds on a 35-item math test (from the 1996 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Grade 8 Bilingual…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, English (Second Language), Grade 8, Junior High Schools
Peer reviewedArtiles, Alfredo J.; Aguirre-Munoz, Zenaida; Abedi, Jamal – Exceptional Children, 1998
A study used data from the National Education Longitudinal Study to identify predictors of placement for eighth-grade ethnic-minority students (n=3,439) in learning-disability (LD) programs. Results found that although some factors predicted placement in LD programs for all ethnic groups, placement predictors also varied by student ethnicity.…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Family Influence, Grade 8, Junior High Schools
