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State Bilingual and ECIA Chapter 1 Migrant Product Evaluation Report, 1992-93.
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Saginaw Public Schools, MI. Dept. of Evaluation Services. – 1992
In 1992-93, Saginaw (Michigan) School District bilingual and migrant programs operated as one program at 24 elementary schools, 4 junior high schools, and both high schools. Enrollments were 677 students, primarily Hispanics, in the bilingual program and 585 students in the migrant program, but there was considerable overlap between enrollments.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Bilingual Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Using the Gap Reduction Model To Evaluate a Successful Bilingual/ESL Program.
Franks, M. E. – 1988
Procedures and results of an evaluation of the Choctaw Bilingual/English as a Second Language (ESL) Program, conducted in east central Mississippi, are discussed. The program, which is in its fifth year, is implemented using Title VII funds in three of the six Bureau of Indian Affairs elementary schools on the Mississippi Choctaw Reservation. The…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, American Indian Education, American Indians, Bilingual Education Programs
The English They Need for the Test
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Bielenberg, Brian; Fillmore, Lily Wong – Educational Leadership, 2005
To make sense of the complex information taught in the upper elementary grades -- and to understand the language that increasingly appears in high-stakes tests--students must be proficient in academic English. English language learners are at a serious disadvantage. Two word problems in mathematics illustrate the difficulties that these students…
Descriptors: High Stakes Tests, Standardized Tests, English Instruction, Mathematics Tests