... can be affected, including Chicanos, African Americans, and American Indians. When a child speaks little, or no, English in the home or outside of the classroom environment, they may need intensive help in learning and mastering the English language. Until then, it is difficult to accurately grade a child on a test subject given in Classroom of America 6 the English language. The educational system ... likely to intervene on their child's part, leaving minority students and students of lower socioeconomic backgrounds most sorely affected (Catsambis, 1994). Minority students are over rep...

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