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Direct linkHammer, Carol Scheffner; Lawrence, Frank R.; Miccio, Adele W. – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2008
This investigation examined the Spanish and English receptive vocabulary and language comprehension abilities of bilingual preschoolers who attended Head Start over a two-year period. It was hypothesised that bilingual children's development would follow linear trajectories and that the development of children who were only exposed to Spanish in…
Descriptors: Comprehension, Receptive Language, Raw Scores, Spanish Speaking
Millett, Joseph; Atwill, Kim; Blanchard, Jay; Gorin, Joanna – Reading Psychology, 2008
Research examined construct meaning and validity for two new measures of receptive and expressive vocabulary for Spanish-speaking kindergarteners learning English. Substantive validity and generalizability of score meaning was assessed by examining correlations between an established measure (Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-PPVT) and new measures…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Validity, Achievement Tests, Emergent Literacy
Download full textBrunner, Josie – Online Submission, 2010
This is the full report, and a separate research brief also was published. Austin Independent School District (AISD) served 5,450 pre-K students in 2009-2010. Approximately 70% of sampled English-speaking pre-K students and 74% of sampled Spanish-speaking pre-K students had faster than the expected growth rate on an assessment of receptive…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, School Districts, Spanish Speaking, Receptive Language
Curry, Janice – 2001
The prekindergarten (pre-K) program is an important part of the systemic effort by the Austin Independent School District, Texas (AISD) to help every student meet the state's student performance standards. In 2000-2001, 41 of the district's schools offering pre-K (79% of all elementary schools) had full-day programs and 17 had half-day programs. A…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Program Effectiveness
Curry, Janice; Zyskowski, Gloria – 2000
The Austin Independent School District (AISD) prekindergarten program is an important component of the state and district goal of having every student reading on grade level by the end of third grade. In 1999-2000, 57 of the 71 AISD elementary schools provided prekindergarten education. The AISD prekindergarten program served 3,571 4-year-olds.…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Program Effectiveness
Gillanders, Cristina – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2007
This case study was designed to describe how an effective English-speaking prekindergarten teacher develops strategies for communicating with and teaching young English language learners. The teacher's classroom practices to enhance her own relationship with the children promoted opportunities for the Latino children to become full participants in…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Preschool Education, Hispanic American Students, Preschool Children
