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TitleDescriptive Study of Services to LEP Students and LEP Students with Disabilities
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NCELA now has pdf versions of the “Descriptive Study of Services to LEP Students and LEP Students with Disabilities” on its website. The goals of the study included: the numbers of characteristics of limited English proficient (LEP) students in grades K-12 and those LEP students with disabilities who receive special education services (SpEd-LEP); the policies and practices related to the identification of LEP and SpEd-LEP students; the instructional services that those students receive; the background and training of instructional staff who work with those students; the extent to which instruction for those students is aligned with State standards; and the policies and practices in place that define thoise students’ participation in Statewide assessments. Data were collected from the 2001-2002 school year.

Sections of the study include the following:

* Volume I: Research Report. A. M. Zehler, H. L. Fleischman, P. J. Hopstock, T. G. Stephenson, M. Pendzick, & S. Sapru. (http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/library/descriptivestudyfiles/volI_research_fulltxt.pdf)
* Volume II: Methodology. A. M. Zehler, P. J. Hopstock, H. L. Fleischman, & T. G. Stephenson. (http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/library/descriptivestudyfiles/volII_methodology.pdf)
* Volume III: Report on Case Study Interviews. A. M. Zehler, J. Voight, P. J. Hopstock, S. Sapru, & M. Pendzick (eds). (http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/library/descriptivestudyfiles/volIII_casestudy_interviews.pdf)
* Policy Report: Summary of Findings Related to LEP and SpEd-LEP Students. A. M. Zehler, H. L. Fleischman, P. J. Hopstock, T. G. Stephenson, M. Pendzick, & S. Sapru. (http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/library/descriptivestudyfiles/policy_report.pdf)
* Special Topic Report #1: Native Languages of LEP Students. P. J. Hopstock & T. G. Stephenson. (http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/library/descriptivestudyfiles/native_languages1.pdf)
* Special Topic Report #2: Analysis of Office for Civil Rights (OCR) Data Related to LEP Students. P. J. Hopstock & T. G. Stephenson. (http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/library/descriptivestudyfiles/OCR2.pdf)
* Special Topic Report #3: Issues in Studying Learning Outcomes for LEP Students. P. J. Hopstock. (http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/library/descriptivestudyfiles/outcomes3.pdf)
* Special Topic Report #4: Findings on Special Education LEP Students. A. M. Zehler, H. L. Fleischman, P. J. Hopstock, M. Pendzick, & T. G. Stephenson. (http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/library/descriptivestudyfiles/special_ed4.pdf)

To view the study, visit:

http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/library/descriptivestudyfiles/index.htm
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