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Download full textNew York City Board of Education, Brooklyn. Office of Educational Assessment. – 1986
New York City's Project TRAIN offers parents of high school students of limited English proficiency (LEP) an opportunity to improve their English-language skills. The targeted language groups are Spanish, Haitian Creole (the largest group), Khmer, Korean, and Chinese. Classes are offered at four sites around the city. In 1985-86, the second year…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Asian Americans, Bilingual Education, English (Second Language)
Rossell, Christine H. – 1999
A study of school effectiveness for language minority students, authored by Virginia Collier and Wayne Thomas, is criticized as having two serious flaws. The first is that its methodology is a simple descriptive cohort analysis, seen as unscientific and producing misleading results because: each grade consists of different students; the number of…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Educational Research, Elementary Education, English (Second Language)
Malave, Lilliam M. – 1987
This paper presents a followup of selected studies on effective schools with a population of bilingual and/or limited-English-proficient (LEP) students. Over 150 research papers on both effective schools and effective bilingual LEP instruction were reviewed. The literature was divided into three categories: (1) studies with a population including…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Effective Schools Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Effectiveness
Guerrero, Frank; And Others – 1990
The Chapter 1 English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) program provided supplementary, intensive English language instruction to limited-English-proficient (LEP) students in 69 non-public schools in New York City. The program's primary goal was to help LEP students gain the listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills necessary to improve their…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), Federal Programs
Rice, Jennifer King; Stavrianos, Michael – 1995
This research synthesis provides an overview of the issues central to adult English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) programs since researchers and policymakers have shown interest in exploring new possibilities for the ESL component. The following topics are discussed of the Adult Education Act (AEA). The following topics are discussed in the report:…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adult Education, Curriculum Design, English (Second Language)
Rosberg, William H. – 1983
A study was conducted at Kirkwood Community College to determine if English as a Second Language (ESL) courses assist students and increase the likelihood of their academic success. The academic records of 263 students enrolled in the ESL program as foreign students between August 1978 and June 1982 were examined to determine students' sex, age,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community Colleges, English (Second Language), Foreign Students
Baecher, Richard E.; Coletti, Charles D. – SABE Journal, 1986
A two-way bilingual program, in which limited-English-speaking Hispanic students and English-proficient students provide reciprocal language-learning experiences, was implemented in a Port Chester, New York elementary school. The program's features included a combined second/third grade, two classes (one limited-English-proficient and one…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Bilingual Education Programs, Classroom Techniques, Educational Innovation
Gerardi, Steven – 1996
As part of an effort to assess the City University of New York's English as a Second Language (ESL) program, New York City Technical College conducted a study to determine if the ESL course protocol promoted positive academic outcomes among new immigrant students (NIS's) within the regular curricula. Using scores from standardized assessment…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Bilingual Education Programs, College Outcomes Assessment
Schuyler, Nancy Baenen – 1987
In 1986-87, the Austin Independent School District (AISD) served 4,143 students with limited English proficiency (LEP) through two programs: transitional bilingual education (TBE) programs and English as a second language (ESL) programs. TBE is available to Spanish speakers in grades pre-kindergarten through 8 and to Vietnamese speakers in grades…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education Programs, Dropout Rate, Elementary Education
Cichon, Donald J.; Huston, Maryana H. – 1993
In response to high demand for English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) instruction among the community's Chinese-speaking population, the Quincy School Community Council (Massachusetts) developed the Take And Give (TAG) program, in which graduates of the highest-level ESL classes were trained as peer tutors for students at the lowest instructional…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Chinese, English (Second Language)
Albuquerque Public Schools, NM. Planning, Research and Accountability. – 1986
This Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title VII project was designed to increase English Language proficiency in limited English proficient students in Lau categories A, B, and C (non-English speaking, English as a second language, or bilingual). The intensive, 9-month program included both English language instruction and teacher training…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), English Teacher Education
Arlington County Public Schools, VA. REEP, Arlington Education and Employment Program. – 1994
The Arlington (Virginia) Adult Learning System (AALS), a program designed to link resources and enhance services of English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) providers, is described. The AALS is a consortium in which an adult education provider (the public school system) coordinates efforts of its own organization with a community-based organization, a…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agency Cooperation, Community Organizations, Consortia
Slavin, Robert E.; Madden, Nancy A. – 1999
Two adaptations of Success for All, a comprehensive instructional reform program for elementary schools, have been used with students acquiring English as a second language. One is a Spanish bilingual version called "Exito para Todos," in which students are taught to read in Spanish and then transitioned to English reading, usually in…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Educational Improvement, Elementary Education, English (Second Language)
Massachusetts Univ., Boston. New England Multifunctional Resource Center for Language and Culture in Education. – 1994
This report describes the activities and accomplishments of the New England Multifunctional Resource Center (MRC) during the second year of its current contract with the United States Department of Education. The mission of the MRC is to provide training and technical assistance to educators and parents of limited English proficient (LEP)…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Curriculum Development, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education
Southwest Educational Development Lab., Austin, TX. – 1994
This report describes the activities and accomplishments of the Southwest Educational Development Laboratory's (SEDL) Multifunctional Resource Center (MRC) during 1993-94. The mission of the MRC, under contract with the United States Department of Education, is to provide training and technical assistance to educators and parents of limited…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Curriculum Development, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education
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