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…

This report summarizes the current status of bilingual education programs in the United States. It is the result of a study conducted to develop planning data as well as the data necessary for the design of future studies and evaluations of bilingual efforts. In the first section of Volume 1, the objectives and methodology of the study are…

The goal of the East Texas State University Elementary Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Title VII Bilingual Education Project was to improve the education of limited, and non-English speaking, students in North Texas area schools. This was accomplished by training undergraduate bilingual teachers, in-service teachers (masters program),…

A summary report is presented of interviews with 28 bilingual teacher aides who work in ten elementary Schools Austin Independent School District. The interviews were conducted to provide data to assist the project staff in assessing ongoing activities of the aides as well as specific process objectives. They were designed, therefore, with a…

A summary report is presented of the first of two interviews with a random sample of parents of kindergarten, third and sixth grade students in the project. Undertaken as part of the evaluation of the Parental Involvement Component of the Title VII Bilingual Project, the interviews had a twofold objective: (1) to measure the degree of home support…

During 1982-83, the bilingual studies program at East Texas State University (ETSU) continued to improve at all levels, but especially at the undergraduate level in its attempt to produce highly qualified bilingual and English as a Second Language (ESL) teachers and specialists. Funded by ETSU, the U.S. Department of Education, and the Texas…

A summary is presented of interviews with a random sample of K-4 teachers from six schools in the Title VII Bilingual Project in the Austin Independent School District. Intended to provide data for assessment of ongoing activities as well as stated objectives, the interviews were designed to investigate activities such as duties assigned to…

A summary is presented of interviews with nine kindergarten and first grade teachers, all monolingual, in the four Title VII Bilingual Project schools where participation includes just kindergarten and first grade. Four bilingual teacher aides are assigned to these schools. Intended to provide data for assessment of ongoing activities as well as…