English learner students with disabilities have backgrounds similar to other English learners but greater functional challenges¶

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Currency · newest study 2017 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person · overdue for a recheck since 2022: baselines and conditions change

Subclaims¶

q3 i? ELSWDs have similar backgrounds as other English learners but greater functional challenges. → Albert Y. Liu 2017

Evidence¶

Albert Y. Liu 2017¶

Albert Y. Liu, Stephen Lipscomb, Alexander Johann. (2017). The Characteristics and Experiences of English Learner Students with Disabilities in Secondary School: Evidence from the National Longitudinal Transition Study 2012. Princeton, NJ: Mathematica Policy Research. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/wp-the-characteristics-and-experiences-of-english-learner-students-with-disabilities-in-secondary

q3 · i? · associational · r?

Descriptive comparison of ELSWDs with other English learners in the National Longitudinal Transition Study 2012. The study reports ELSWDs "have similar backgrounds as other ELs, but greater functional challenges."

"ELSWDs have similar backgrounds as other ELs, but greater functional challenges."

Discussion¶

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