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Effects Of Socio Economic Status (SES)

• There is a discrepancy between low SES (often including ELL) and high SES student achievement.

“On Average, children from low-income families acquire language at a slower rate & demonstrate both differences in language use and poorer language skills than children from higher income families. Low SES is also a correlate of the diagnosis of specific language disorders.”

--The MIT Encyclopedia of Communication Disorders, Raymond Kent