Presenter: Dr. Sam Ortiz

This workshop will present current research on language, cognitive, academic development, and their application to evaluation within a comprehensive, research-based framework for generating valid data to support conclusions & decisions regarding the presence or absence of various types of disorders with culturally and linguistically diverse learners. Main topics include: issues in first and second language acquisition; understanding bias in testing; problems regarding test score validity; how typical methods fail in establishing test score validity; use of a broad, comprehensive framework for evaluation that can be utilized by any practitioner regardless of bilingual capability, use of the Culture-Language Interpretive Matrix in evaluating exclusionary factors, and integration of the Ortiz PVAT for valid measurement of vocabulary and general language acquisition.

Register to attend in person: https://sdcoe.k12oms.org/1036-208600

Register to participate via Zoom: https://sdcoe.k12oms.org/1036-208606