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Elder, Catherine – Language Teaching Research, 2009
The paper offers a retrospective evaluation of recent evaluative studies of bilingual programs in the Australian state of Victoria, in an attempt to determine how successfully the evaluation process met the dual criteria of external accountability and development. The programs in question were located in primary or secondary government schools and…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Program Improvement, Bilingual Education Programs, Program Effectiveness
Cziko, Gary A. – 1982
The evaluation of bilingual education programs is complicated by such factors as the diversity of evaluation methodologies and program goals and the reliability of instruments for minority language students. Three bilingual program evaluations in foreign countries are described in terms of their different contexts and approaches in order to raise…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Education Programs, Educational Assessment, Elementary Education

Swain, Merrill – Comparative Education Review, 1978
In discussing the problems of evaluating Canadian bilingual immersion programs, six related aspects are separately considered: (1) the research design, (2) the students tested, (3) the nature of the tests used, (4) the methods of analysis employed, and (5) the interpretation of findings. (Author/SJL)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods, French

Paulston, Christina Bratt – Comparative Education Review, 1978
Following a brief history of bilingual education (BE), the author makes a meta-evaluation assessment of BE research, arguing that the findings are not so contradictory if one examines the theoretical frameworks chosen by the researchers. The equilibrium and conflict paradigms and the structural-functional theory are considered. (SJL)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Comparative Analysis, Conflict, Educational Change
Tucker, G. Richard – International Journal of Bilingual Education & Bilingualism, 2005
In this paper, I discuss current interest in educational reform in Puerto Rico, the need for better and more appropriate assessment tools, the growing realisation in the USA that two-way bilingual programmes can provide an effective vehicle for fostering the development of bilingual proficiency, bicultural competence and subject-matter knowledge…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Change, Language Teachers, Bilingualism

Slaughter, Helen B. – Evaluation Practice, 1991
Difficulties faced in evaluations that include data in a language not native to the evaluators or that lie outside the evaluators' cultural experience are discussed. Improvements to credibility and fairness from using a cross-cultural, bilingual evaluation are described and illustrated through evaluation of a language immersion program in Hawaii.…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Case Studies, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Awareness
Rau, Cath – International Journal of Bilingual Education & Bilingualism, 2005
One of the aims of Maori-medium education is to address Maori language loss. One of the challenges facing Maori-medium educators is to identify configurations that acknowledge the substantive importance of English language instruction without detracting from the priority that must be given to the regeneration of the Maori language. Issues…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Skill Attrition, Language Acquisition, English Instruction

Center for Applied Linguistics, Washington, DC. – 1997
A study investigated alternative methods of assessing student language skills in Arlington County (Virginia) public schools' Spanish/English two-way bilingual partial immersion program, with the objective of improving information for developing more effective teaching. A team of teachers from each participating school worked with researchers to…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Elementary Education, English (Second Language), Evaluation Methods
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. – 1990
This special report on the assessment of French immersion students in Alberta focuses on critical issues and methodological problems with testing methods. After an introduction, the second section gives an overview of these issues and problems. Issues discussed include the following: whether students instructed in French immersion programs should…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Elementary Education, English