The Mid-Atlantic Equity Center's 2004 Annual Regional Conference "The Link Between Culture and Academic Achievement: Programs, Policies, and Procedures that Work" Conference Papers

Conference Papers and Other Materials

Lourdes Burrows - "Effective Strategies for Recent Immigrant Students"

• Powerpoint Presentation on Newcomers High School (Long Island City, NY) (4.8 mb)
• Video files: "democracy"(11.4 mb) , "interview" (4.5 mb), "fair" (3.4 mb), "lab" (1.4 mb)

Dr. Lobna "Luby" Ismail - "Building Cultural Competency"

• Building Cultural Competency: Understanding Islam, Muslims and Arab Culture" (719k)

Dr. Guilllermo Solano-Flores - "Cultural Validity in Assessment Practices"

• Cultural Validity in Assessment Practices (powerpoint presentation) (511k)
• On the Cultural Validity of Science Assessments (pdf) (194k)
• Examining Language in Context: The Need for New Research and Practice Paradigms in the Testing of English-Language Learners (pdf) (106k)
• Concurrent Development of Dual Language Assessments: An Alternative to Translating Tests for Linguistic Minorities (pdf) (1.9 mb)

Michael Wotorson - "Reducing Prejudice and Conflict Resolution"

• Presentation notes (30k)