This guide is designed as a reference for District and School personnel working with English learners (ELs). The content of the guide represents a compilation of information, examples, and resources. This guide is a living document and subject to frequent updates. It is recommended to review the document online rather than printing a hard copy.

Practical guidelines and recommended approaches for designing and conducting evaluations of ESEA Title VII bilingual education programs are presented for program directors and evaluators. The three volumes include a guide to evaluation basics, a designers' manual, and a technical appendix. The first volume provides an overview of evaluation issues…

This document is designed to be used with the "Users' Guide". It is written for practitioners who are interested in meeting the federal regulations governing the evaluation of Title VII projects but do not have evaluation training. Six types of bilingual projects are required to fulfill the evaluation requirements specified in the June…

These panel presentations focus on LEA Title VII Program Evaluations. Raj Balu, an administrator of bilingual programs in Chicago presents information regarding the bilingual education program in the Chicago public schools, as well as information on Title VII programs and what kind of evaluation is being done. Jesus Salazar, who is currently…

The functions of the Evaluation Assistance Center-East (EAC-E), funded under Title VII of the Elementary Secondary Education Act are described. The EAC-E focuses on providing technical assistance (TA) to state and local educational agencies related to the evaluation of bilingual education programs. How TA is provided with regard to improving…

To illustrate the point that incremental policy changes are important results of program evaluation, the author investigated the influence of evaluation on federal education policymaking as seen in the 1978 reauthorization of the Bilingual Education Act. (LC)

Makes a case against bilingual education. Describes bilingual program designs, discusses research findings indicating that bilingual programs are unsuccessful, and suggests reasons for their failure, including lack of staff, inadvertent linguistic segregation, and Mexican-Americans' feudal, agrarian cultural background. (RW)

Significant attention has been given to the effectiveness of the federal bilingual education program, Title VII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1975, although evaluations have often focused on philosophical issues rather than educational outcomes. Measures of program effectiveness have often been inappropriate for the goals,…

Meta-analysis, meta-evaluation and secondary analysis are methods of summarizing, examining, evaluating or re-analyzing data in research and evaluation efforts. Meta-analysis involves the summarization of research findings to come to some general conclusions regarding effects or outcomes of a given treatment/project/program. Glass's approach…

This article from the ERIC Clearinghouse on Urban Education reviews the history, strategies, and research evidence on the impact of our nation's response to bilingual education. Suggests future policy recommendations for expansion of bilingual educational services. (SA)

This publication is a comprehensive listing of 1992-93 funded bilingual education projects by district, number of pupils in the program, grade level, language or type of program, grant amount awarded, and project director or contact person. The following programs are included: (1) transitional bilingual education programs, (2) special alternative…

Given the controversy over the use of standardized tests that rely heavily on multiple-choice items reflecting the language, culture, and/or learning style of the middle class majority, arguments are advanced for the use of alternative, supplemental forms of assessment. Informal assessment is defined as techniques that can easily be incorporated…

The Bilingual Academic and Career Orientation Program (BACOP) at George Washington High School in New York City is a basic bilingual secondary education program with a career orientation focus. In 1981-82, the program offered bilingual instructional and supportive services to 250 Hispanic students of limited English proficiency in grades nine…

This report describes a demonstration project whose instructional design implemented sociolinguistic concepts in bilingual education and compared two approaches, the New Concurrent and the Language Separation approaches. The first section is a review of research studies concerning this instructional design. The second, third, and fourth sections…

The Vocational and High School Equivalency Bilingual Program is a basic bilingual secondary education program conducted at Park West High school in New York, New York. The program helps limited English proficiency (LEP) students develop their English language skills so that they can participate effectively in mainstream classes and prepare to take…