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Lê, Qu?nh Tiên Nguyên; Polikoff, Morgan S. – SAGE Open, 2021
"Castañeda v. Pickard" mandated that educational programs for emergent bilinguals be tested for program efficacy. As English language development (ELD) curricular materials are one part of an instructional program, we assess this mandate by examining the effectiveness of ELD materials in Texas, a large, diverse U.S. state with large…
Descriptors: Language Proficiency, Bilingualism, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Quynh Tien Le; Morgan Polikoff – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2020
Castañeda v. Pickard (1981) mandated that educational programs for emergent bilinguals be tested for program efficacy. Since English language development (ELD) curricular materials are one part of an instructional program, we assess this mandate by examining the effectiveness of ELD materials in Texas. Using local linear matching, we find that…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Second Language Programs, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Tian, Ye – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2017
This study examines a Chinese language programme in an Ivy League institution through the lens of Tracking to re-conceptualise the achievement gap between Chinese heritage language learners (CHLLs) and non-heritage language learners. Like most prestigious universities in the U.S., Chinese language learners in this case study are put on one of two…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Chinese Americans, Chinese, College Second Language Programs