Consider Culture Before Referral of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students for Special Education Services [Farnsworth, M. , (2016) ColorinColorado.org].

What would you do if a colleague of yours approached you in the staff lounge ten minutes before school started. She exclaims, "Rosa just isn't gettinganything.I'm a bit frustrated because she's been here for two and half years, and I think she has a learning disability. I know the complications with standardized assessments, so I can't rely on those. What should I do? How can I teach her?"

What did you learn about different kinds of culture and explain the impact that culture can have not only on a child's experience in school but on how teachers interpret and evaluate that experience?