Ethical Language Assessment in Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Contexts: A Guide for School-Based Speech-Language Pathologists.
Purpose: This tutorial presents a social justice approach to ethical language assessments with multilingual/multidialectal learners. Ethical language assessments include practices that are compliant with Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and state regulations, evidence based, culturally an...
| Publicado en: | Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups Vol. 11; no. 3; pp. 672 - 695 |
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| Formato: | tables/charts Journal Article |
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American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Jun2026
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