Despite the different home language surveys adopted by districts and states, parental indication of whether English is spoken at home is the primary information to establish children's language background while other home - related language and literacy information is not taken into account. (gse.harvard.edu)
The procedures for assigning students to special language programs — the home language survey and the LEP test — naturally lead to selection biases. (educationnext.org)
If a parent or guardian reports on the home language survey that a language other than English is the student's initial language learned or the primary language used at home, the student is required to take the CELDT, the LAO noted. (k-12daily.org)