Includes bibliographical references and index.

Challenges and complexities in the assessment of the bilingual student -- Cross-language transfer in bilingual students -- Neuropsychological considerations in bilingual assessment: The underlying basis of language disability -- Implications of semilingualism for assessment of the bilingual child -- Integrated intellectual assessment of the bilingual student -- Response to intervention and bilingual learners: Promises and potential problems -- Integrated social-emotional assessment of the bilingual child -- Acculturation and sociocognitive factors -- Assessing bilingual students' writing -- Implications of bilingualism for reading assessment -- An integrated approach to the assessment of the refugee student.

Bilingual children are often referred for assessment to determine if educational or mental health supports are necessary for academic, social-emotional, or personal success. This book explores the interplay between factors impacting English language learners and considers implications for assessment. It advocates for an integrated assessment of bilingual children that considers multiple influences, such as previous education, immigration, acculturation, poverty, trauma, and even structural differences between the child's first and second languages. In line with advances in science, several chapters explore the brain-based relationships between personal experience and language learning.

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