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Shohamy, Elana – 1985
An alternative to the traditional standardized test of language proficiency administered to Israeli students at the end of secondary school is proposed as a means of giving schools more autonomy in the testing process. The test was designed based on the following assumptions: (1) the test matches the curriculum and not vice versa; (2) the…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, English (Second Language), Experimental Programs, Foreign Countries
Download full textConnections: A Journal of Adult Literacy, 1989
The 10 articles (and introduction by Stephen Reuys) in this journal discuss issues of adult literacy/adult basic education from a variety of perspectives. Titles and authors are as follows: "The Boston Adult Literacy Initiative: Moving beyond Initiative" (Silja Kallenbach); "Project FOCUS: Writing through Pictures" (Beatriz M. Strohmeyer); "The…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Bilingual Education Programs, Cambodians
Freeman, David; And Others – 1986
Tucson, Arizona's Sunnyside School District pilot bilingual education program is described. The program was begun in 1985 to help prevent academic failure in limited English-proficient, high academic risk students. The pilot program offered sheltered immersion instruction in biology and United States history for language minority students with a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education Programs, Biology, Classroom Techniques
