In 1984-85, the Bilingual Program of New York City's Erasmus Hall High School was in its second year of a 3-year funding cycle, and served 220 students of limited English proficiency (LEP). The program population included 190 Haitian students, in addition to 21 Hispanic, eight Asian, and one Middle Eastern student. All program participants…

In 1984-85, Project CAPABLE was in its final year of a 3-year funding cycle at schools in New York City. The program provided instruction in English as a second language, native language arts, bilingual science, and bilingual social studies to 324 Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese-speaking students of limited English proficiency (LEP) in Grades 9…

An evaluation was conducted of "Project Adelante," an ESEA Title VII project supporting a Spanish-English bilingual education program in Hartford, Connecticut. The federal funding provided personnel for staff development, parent involvement, and evaluation over 5 years of a bilingual education program serving 600 Hispanic children in 3…

In an effort to deliver practical staff development opportunities to bilingual education teachers and build a support system for them, a peer coaching inservice workshop model was developed. Over a period of one school year, about 40 elementary bilingual and English-as-a-second-language teachers participated in a 6-session workshop series with a…

The 1984-85 Individualized Reading and Math Services Program in New York City provided supplementary remedial reading and mathematics instruction to eligible students in public and non-public schools. Students received individualized instruction from a remediation team consisting of a program teacher and a special education classroom teacher. The…

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,…

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…

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-,…

Project COPE provides supportive services, basic skills, career development, and occupational training to limited English proficient (LEP) students at three New York City high schools. Many COPE students are also limited in their ability to read and write in their native languages. Program participants in 1983-84 included: 173 Spanish-dominant…

Project BETA is a Title VII program serving recent immigrant students in three New York City high schools: Koreans at William C. Bryant, Haitians at Springfield Gardens, and Vietnamese at Theodore Roosevelt. Project students receive instruction in English as a second language (ESL) at each site, and Vietnamese students at Theodore Roosevelt…

The 1983-84 academic year marked the first year of the Biliteracy Skills Development Program at New York City's George Washington High School. Program students were all Hispanic and spoke Spanish exclusively at home. The major program goal was to facilitate the acquisition of English through the development of literacy in the native language, with…

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…

In 1984-85, the Bilingual Mini-School was in its second year of a 3-year funding cycle at Samuel Gompers High School (Bronx, New York). The program provided instruction in English as a second language (ESL) and native language arts, in addition to bilingual instruction in mathematics, science, and social studies, to 84 Spanish-speaking students of…

During 1983-84, the second of three program cycles of the Title VII English as a Second Language, Special Education Development Approach Curriculum Project (ESL-SEDAC) was fully implemented in the New York City Public Schools. The project provided direct instruction to 260 handicapped limited English proficient students, resource assistance,…

In 1982-83, the program evaluated here provided tutorial and supportive services to approximately 50 Spanish-speaking students of limited English proficiency (LEP) in grades 9-12 at Clara Barton High School, Brooklyn, New York. The program's main objective was to enable LEP students to function successfully in terms of language achievement and…