Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ349785
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1986
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Impacts of Bilingual Education on Secondary School Grades, Attendance, Retentions and Drop-Out.
Curiel, Herman; And Others
Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, v8 n4 p357-67 Dec 1986
Compares 86 Mexican-American secondary school students in Houston, Texas, who had and 90 students who had not received bilingual instruction in elementary grades. Finds small difference in grade point average (GPA) and absenteeism and fewer dropouts/retentions among bilingual program participants. Finds more years of bilingual instruction increased GPA and decreased dropout potential. (LFL)
Descriptors: Attendance, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Education Programs, Comparative Analysis, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention, Grade Point Average, Mexican American Education, Mexican Americans, School Holding Power, Secondary Education, Secondary School Students, Student Behavior, Student Characteristics, Student Improvement
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Audience: Practitioners
Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Texas (Houston)
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