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Houston Independent School District, 2014
The Texas Education Code requires school districts to provide every language minority student with the opportunity to participate in either a bilingual or English as a second language (ESL) program. This report summarizes the performance of students who participated in the district's Dual Language Bilingual Program. Included in the report are…
Descriptors: School Districts, English Language Learners, Bilingual Education, English (Second Language)
Houston Independent School District, 2013
The Texas Education Code requires school districts to provide every language minority student with the opportunity to participate in either a bilingual or English as a second language (ESL) program. This evaluation report summarizes the performance of students who participated in two of the bilingual programs offered by the district during the…
Descriptors: School Districts, English Language Learners, Bilingual Education, English (Second Language)
Parrish, Thomas B.; Merickel, Amy; Perez, Maria; Linquanti, Robert; Socias, Miguel; Spain, Angeline; Speroni, Cecilia; Esra, Phil; Brock, Leslie; Delancey, Danielle – American Institutes for Research, 2006
In June of 1998, Proposition 227 was passed by 61 percent of the California electorate. The initiative was intended to significantly alter the ways in which the state's English learners (ELs) are taught. Proposition 227 requires that ELs be taught "overwhelmingly in English" through sheltered/structured English immersion (SEI) programs…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Elementary Secondary Education, Immersion Programs, English (Second Language)