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Tong, Fuhui; Lara-Alecio, Rafael; Irby, Beverly; Mathes, Patricia; Kwok, Oi-man – American Educational Research Journal, 2008
The authors examined the effectiveness of a 2-year (kindergarten and first grade) oral English intervention provided to 534 Hispanic English-language learners in transitional bilingual education (TBE) and structured English immersion (SEI) programs. Using latent growth modeling, the authors compared instructional programs in relation to growth…
Descriptors: Intervention, Immersion Programs, Bilingual Education, Effect Size
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Torrey, Jane W. – American Educational Research Journal, 1983
Black children's language abilities should not be judged by their schoolyard grammar. Use of Standard English "s" endings in spontaneous speech is not as good a predictor of school language achievements as is the use of those endings in reading and school grammatical or comprehension tests. (Author/DWH)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Dialects, Black Students, Grade 2