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Houston Independent School District, 2020
The Houston Independent School District (HISD) currently offers two bilingual programs and two English as a Second Language (ESL) programs for English language learners (ELs). These programs facilitate ELs' integration into the regular school curriculum and ensure access to equal educational opportunities. Bilingual programs are offered in…
Descriptors: School Districts, Bilingual Education Programs, Second Language Programs, Second Language Learning
Brunner, Josie – Online Submission, 2010
Twenty-nine percent of students enrolled in Austin Independent School District were English language learners in 2009-2010. The majority of them (62%) continued to make progress in English proficiency, and their state academic test (TAKS) performance continued to improve over the years.
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Buteau, M.; Gougeon, H. – 1982
The third progress report is presented on the evaluation of a bilingual kindergarten program and a social studies follow-up program in grades 1 and 2. The focus is on the first cohort, presently in grade 2, on a second cohort in grade 1, and on a third cohort in kindergarten. The purpose of the program was to initiate French instruction in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education Programs, Bilingualism, Communicative Competence (Languages)
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Clyne, Michael – Babel: Journal of the Australian Federation of Modern Language Teachers Associations, 1983
A recently developed primary school German immersion program for a German community is described and its development from Canadian examples is discussed. The program is a composite of immersion, bilingual, and second language models. Early reaction is highly favorable, although the program will not be fully evaluated for a few years. (MSE)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Educational Demand, Foreign Countries, German
Spencer, Mary L. – 1985
A discussion of bilingual education in the Pacific region focuses on the role of evaluation and testing in promoting educational quality. Based on a review of proposals, evaluations, and tests of all districts in Micronesia and Hawaii in the 1982-83 program year, these conclusions are drawn about program evaluation: (1) little program evaluation…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Chamorro, Educational Assessment, English (Second Language)
Berney, Tomi D.; Friedman, Grace Ibanez – 1989
Three New York City public school projects funded by the New York State Education Department's Bureau of Bilingual Education had the common goal of improving the quality of instruction in schools that the state's Comprehensive Assessment Report (CAR) had designated as needing special assistance for raising low student performance levels. The…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, English (Second Language)
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
Berney, Tomi D.; Rosenberg, Jan – 1989
The 1988 Summer Bilingual Program served 1,171 ninth- through twelfth-graders with limited English proficiency (LEP) at 10 New York City sites. Designed especially for the substantial number of LEP students who were overage for their grade, the program offered 14 English as a Second Language (ESL) and 17 bilingual content area classes in science,…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, English (Second Language), History, Limited English Speaking
Berney, Tomi D.; Schlau, Beth – 1989
The English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) video recording project was designed to use student-produced videotape recordings to help 120 limited-English-speaking students learn to speak, read, and write English. Staff participated in a series of workshops on video program development and production techniques. Four classes developed video productions,…
Descriptors: Attendance, Bilingual Education Programs, English (Second Language), Film Production
Yonan, Barbara; Baenen, Nancy – 1989
During 1988-89, the Austin Independent School District's Title 7 program continued to supplement services through the locally funded bilingual and English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) programs to secondary students of limited English proficiency. The 1988-89 Title 7 evaluation report provides an overview of the programs's changes, staff training,…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Curriculum Development, Dropout Rate, English (Second Language)
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Gersten, Russell – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1985
A structured immersion program, coupled with an effective curriculum and empirically validated teaching procedure, was offered to elementary Asian students entering a California school. This approach appeared to have significantly better results, and its effects were maintained for up to two years after completion. (LMO)
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Bilingual Education Programs, Elementary Education, English (Second Language)
Berney, Tomi D.; Hammack, Floyd – 1989
Project MASTER completed its 3-year funding cycle in 1987-88. The project aimed at providing enhanced science instruction to 575 Spanish-speaking limited-English-proficient students in 5 elementary schools. Project MASTER offered classes in English as a Second Language (ESL), mathematics, science, and computer skills with a hands-on, integrated…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Computer Literacy, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education
Gross, Susan; Kirshstein, Rita – 1986
Evaluation of a county system of intensive language instruction in special language centers, including subject-area instruction in social studies, science, and mathematics, for limited-English-speaking high school students found improvement in program consistency, retention, enrollment, and completion. The program was found to be helpful to…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Bilingual Education Programs, Education Work Relationship, Educational Objectives
Offenberg, Robert M. – 1983
La Salle College's three-track Bilingual/Bicultural Master of Arts Program is described and its first operational year (September 1982 - August 1983) is evaluated. Track I served teachers of English as a second language, Spanish as a first language, and other classes within bilingual education programs. Track II served students from other fields…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, College Faculty, College Second Language Programs, English (Second Language)
Cabrera, Eulalia; And Others – 1988
The Bilingual Education and Career Awareness Program at Adlai E. Stevenson High School in the Bronx was awarded a 1-year grant extension to provide services to 235 ninth- through twelfth-grade limited-English-speaking Hispanic students of varying English and Spanish proficiency. Primary program goals were to increase English and Spanish…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Attendance Patterns, Bilingual Education Programs, Career Guidance
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