Spanish Achievement in a Maintenance Bilingual Education Program: Language Proficiency, Grade and Gender Comparisons.

Medina, Marcello, Jr.

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Publication Date: 1993

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Spanish Achievement in a Maintenance Bilingual Education Program: Language Proficiency, Grade and Gender Comparisons.

Medina, Marcello, Jr.

Bilingual Research Journal, v17 n1-2 p57-81 Win-Spr 1993

Among over 600 Arizona students in grades 1-8 in maintenance bilingual programs, fluent Spanish-speaking students outperformed limited-Spanish-speaking students on a measure of Spanish reading, mathematics, social studies, and science achievement; girls achieved higher reading scores than boys; and 16 of 18 grade mean scores were equal to or significantly above Texas norms. (TD)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education Programs, Bilingualism, Elementary Education, Junior High Schools, Language Proficiency, Limited English Speaking, Mexican American Education, Native Language Instruction, Spanish Speaking

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Identifiers - Location: Arizona

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