Poverty, Race, and Foreign Language Immersion: Predictors of Math and English Language Arts Performance.

Caldas, Stephen J.; Boudreaux, Nicole

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Publication Date: 1999

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Poverty, Race, and Foreign Language Immersion: Predictors of Math and English Language Arts Performance.

Caldas, Stephen J.; Boudreaux, Nicole

Learning Languages, v5 n1 p4-15 Fall 1999

Discusses a French immersion program in Louisiana, highlighting indications that students in the program are scoring higher on the state's mandated standardized tests than students in the district not participating in the program. Attempting to overcome deficits in language immersion research using testing and demographic data from a large sample of Louisiana's French immersion students. (Author/VWL)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Demography, Economic Factors, French, Immersion Programs, Language Arts, Mathematics, Race, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Standardized Tests

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Louisiana

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