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School Reform through Bilingual Education: Problems and Some Solutions in Evaluating Programs.

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Swain, Merrill – Comparative Education Review, 1978

In discussing the problems of evaluating Canadian bilingual immersion programs, six related aspects are separately considered: (1) the research design, (2) the students tested, (3) the nature of the tests used, (4) the methods of analysis employed, and (5) the interpretation of findings. (Author/SJL)

Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods, French

Evaluation of Bilingual Education Programs: Problems and Some Solutions.

Swain, Merrill – 1976

One of the overriding problems of any psychometric study is that aspects of behavior that are nonquantifiable or difficult to quantify are not considered. The other side of this coin is that those aspects of behavior that are easiest to quantify tend to be what are examined. In evaluating bilingual education programs, problems are found in the…

Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Schools, Bilingual Students, Bilingual Teachers