Special Education has been at the center of high criticism for many years, but the topic of students in Bilingual Special Education is a much bigger demon to tackle. Students who are Bilingual are either over represented or go without receiving the services they need due to poor testing methods. Many students are being deprived of a quality education when they are placed in a Special Education program unjustly or if they are not placed where their needs will be met. Historically, advocates of language minority students have been severely critical of special education principally because many students with English language limitations were misplaced in special education not because of disabilities, but because of their limitations in the English
