Reference no: EM133580224

Question: Assessing Young Children for Whom English is a Second Language, Mary McLean suggests that when assessing children from culturally and linguistically diverse populations that professionals should use the same evaluation procedures for children whom English is a second language that are used for native speakers. informal assessments such as observations, interviews, and play assessment should be used instead of standardized tests. parents should be asked to translate the test items for their children and then the established norms should be applied. little regard should be given to language proficiency in the dominant language.