ERIC Number: ED270551
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1986
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Seward Park High School Project CABES 1984-1985. OEA Evaluation Report.
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn. Office of Educational Assessment.
Career Advancement through Bilingual Educational Skills (Project CABES) completed the second year of a 3-year funding cycle at Seward Park High School on Manhattan's Lower East Side. Project CABES serves 233 recently immigrated, predominantly low-income, ninth through twelfth grade, Hispanic students of limited English proficiency (LEP). Included in the career-oriented curriculum are courses in employability skills, typing and word processing, and bilingual career workshops. Content-area courses, taught in the students' native language (Spanish), and intensive English as a second language (ESL) courses comprise the other curriculum components. Support services included counseling, peer tutoring, referrals to outside agencies, cultural and extracurricular programs, staff development and parental involvement activities. Primary objectives are increased achievement in English and Spanish proficiency, mathematics, science, social studies, and career advancement subjects; improved attendance; and lower dropout rates. Quantitative analysis indicates objectives were fully met for ESL, Spanish reading, career advancement courses, attendance and dropout rates, but not for content-area courses. Secondary objectives were partially met for staff development and parental involvement. Recommendations ask the school administration to increase space allocation and project administrators to consider alternatives to the current simultaneous translation model of bilingual instruction. (MCK)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education Programs, Career Education, Dropout Prevention, Economically Disadvantaged, English (Second Language), High School Students, High Schools, Hispanic Americans, Native Language Instruction, Secondary School Curriculum, Vocational Education
Office of Educational Assessment, New York City Board of Education, 110 Livingston St., Brooklyn, NY 11201.
Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn. Office of Educational Assessment.
Identifiers - Location: New York (New York)
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