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New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn. Office of Educational Assessment. – 1986
Project TRAIN, in its first year of operation, proposed to offer 210 parents of New York City high school students of limited English proficiency (LEP) an opportunity to improve their own English language skills. The targeted language groups included Spanish, Haitian Creole, Khmer, and Korean. This was to have been achieved through regularly…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Bilingual Education Programs, English (Second Language), High Schools
Cotayo, Armando; And Others – 1983
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…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Bilingual Education Programs, Career Planning, English (Second Language)
Ohio State Dept. of Education, Columbus. – 1983
This guide for planners, administrators, staff, and teaching personnel of Ohio's current and pending bilingual education programs is intended to share the expertise of school administrators, bilingual program staff, and teaching personnel in the area of bilingual program entry and exit criteria, review pertinent theories and studies, and address…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Admission Criteria, Bilingual Education Programs, Eligibility
Gandara, Patricia; Sun, Andrew – 1986
An evaluative study was done of California's Bilingual Education Program, the goal of which has been to teach English and other academic skills to more than half a million students with limited English backgrounds. While the State Department of Education provided no comprehensive evaluation, there is evidence that some components have been…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), Limited English Speaking
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn. Office of Educational Assessment. – 1986
In 1985-86 Project MASTER an innovative Title VII program emphasizing language development through bilingual instruction in mathematics and science, served 640 students of limited English proficiency (LEP) at six elementary schools in the Bronx, New York. Most of the students were born in Puerto Rico, but many were from the Dominican Republic,…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Elementary Education, Hispanic Americans, Limited English Speaking
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn. Office of Educational Assessment. – 1986
In 1985-86, the Career Advancement through Bilingual Education Skills (CABES) project was in the final year of a three-year funding cycle at Seward Park High School in Manhattan, New York. The project's major goal was to provide career advancement skills to a population group of 279 students of limited English proficiency (LEP). Included in the…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Career Education, High Schools, Hispanic Americans
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn. Office of Educational Assessment. – 1986
In 1985-86, the Bilingual Education and Career Awareness (BECA) Program at Adlai Stevenson High School (Bronx, New York) completed the final year of a three-year funding cycle. The program offered a bilingual academic and industrial arts/vocational education program to 250 Hispanic students of limited English proficiency (LEP) in grades 9-12. The…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Career Education, Curriculum Development, High Schools
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn. Office of Educational Assessment. – 1986
This report describes and evaluates the first year of Project Beacon, a bilingual program implemented at four high schools in Queens, New York, in 1985-86. Project Beacon provided instruction in English as a second language, in native language arts, in bilingual academic subjects, and in career-oriented subjects. It reached 570 Spanish-, Chinese-,…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Bilingual Education Programs, Career Education, Curriculum Development
Spencer, Mary – 1982
This teacher's edition of training materials on bilingual program planning, implementation, and evaluation focuses on foundations for evaluating bilingual programs. The guide is part of a series directed at bilingual educators and intended for use in institutions of higher education and inservice teacher education programs. Training objectives, a…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Bilingual Teachers, Evaluation Methods, Instructional Materials
Guadalupe, Deana R. – 1994
Project Comienzo, a bilingual pre-kindergarten program, was designed to help Spanish-speaking 3-year-old children flourish academically and socially, supported by the ratio of adults to children. The program served 17 students of limited English proficiency. A full-time bilingual teacher and a full-time educational assistant were used, and parents…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, English (Second Language), Interdisciplinary Approach, Limited English Speaking
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn. Office of Educational Assessment. – 1986
In 1985-86, Project COM-TECH offered bilingual individualized instruction to 300 limited-English proficiency students at two New York City high schools (Bushwick in Brooklyn, and Brandeis in Manhattan). Using an enrichment approach, the project provided supplementary instruction in English as a second language (ESL), native language arts, and…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Computer Assisted Instruction, English (Second Language), Haitians
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn. Office of Educational Assessment. – 1987
In 1985-86, the second year of funding, Project CARIBE proposed to increase career awareness among Spanish-speaking students of limited English proficiency (LEP) through a computer-literacy program. The project operated at two schools in Brooklyn, New York, Eastern District High School and Clara Barton High School, but after the number of…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Career Awareness, Computer Assisted Instruction, English (Second Language)
Ohio State Dept. of Education, Columbus. Div. of Equal Educational Opportunities. – 1986
The basic premise of this handbook is that effective bilingual programs can occur only within a school context that is itself effective. A foreword argues that: (1) bilingual education programs must be better integrated into the mainstream of local school district programs, and (2) limited-English proficient (LEP) students should be assigned to…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Community Involvement, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn. Office of Educational Assessment. – 1986
The Computers in Bilingual Education program at South Bronx High School (New York) completed its first year of operation in June, 1985. The program offered limited English speaking students computer-assisted instruction in English as a Second Language (ESL), native language arts, social studies, math, and science, and also provided instruction in…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Computer Assisted Instruction, Curriculum Development, High Schools

Santiago, Isaura Santiago – American Journal of Education, 1986
"Aspira v. Board of Education" required the implementation of a transitional bilingual-education program in New York City. However, the Board has failed to provide the program to large numbers of children, to systematically monitor implementation, and to evaluate the educational outcomes of the consent-decree program for limited English…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Education Programs, Civil Rights Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education