Purpose: The purpose of this quantitative, causal-comparative study was to determine whether English learners who participated in transitional kindergarten perform equally or better than English learners who did not participate in transitional kindergarten in the areas of oral language, written language, and overall language as measured by the…

The purpose of this study is to determine if there is a difference in the English language acquisition of first grade students in transitional bilingual programs as compared to students in dual language programs during the 2017-2018 academic year. The Assessing Comprehension and Communication in English State-to-State (ACCESS) standardized…

The current study evaluated the relation between Spanish and English vocabulary. Whereas previously reported correlations have revealed strong differences among types of vocabulary measures used and the ages of the students tested, no prior study had used a multilevel model to control for classroom-level differences. The current study used…