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ERIC Number: EJ1462128
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025-Mar
Pages: 26
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0015-718X
EISSN: EISSN-1944-9720
Available Date: 2024-09-05
Longitudinal Academic, Language, and Social Emotional Learning Outcomes of Graduates of a One-Way Spanish Immersion Program
Amado M. Padilla1; Xinjie Chen2; Elizabeth Swanson3; Margaret Peterson1; Tatiana Zamora1; Tami Girsky4
Foreign Language Annals, v58 n1 p111-136 2025
Seven cohorts of students (N = 258) who completed a K-5 Spanish Immersion (SI) program in a suburban California school district were followed longitudinally through middle and high school to understand their academic, language, and social emotional outcomes. Academic and language outcomes included Spanish classes and grades, standardized Math and English Language Arts test scores, high school grade point average (GPA), language class enrollment, Advanced Placement (AP™) Spanish scores, and receipt of the Biliteracy Attainment Award. Results showed that SI graduates generally continued with Spanish language classes up through advanced levels and received high grades. They had similar middle school Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium scores and high school GPAs as their non-SI comparison group. There were no significant differences between SI and non-SI students for each year on three different social emotional learning (SEL) outcomes (emotion regulation, growth mindset, and school belonging). Overall, results suggest that a K-5 SI program can lead to positive academic and language outcomes without negative impacts on SEL.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Secondary Education; High Schools
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers - Location: California
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Smarter Balanced Assessments
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A
Author Affiliations: 1Graduate School of Education, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA; 2Faculty of Education, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China (SAR); 3Department of Linguistics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA; 4Menlo Park City School District, Spanish Immersion program, Atherton, California, USA