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Download full textAustin Independent School District, TX. Office of Research and Evaluation. – 1990
The numbers and status of limited-English-proficient (LEP) students in the Austin (Texas) Independent School District (AISD) are described for the 1989-90 school year. During that year, 4,494 LEP students were served by the AISD schools: 3,481 elementary school students, 531 middle/junior high school students, and 482 high school students. The LEP…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Bilingual Education Programs, Economically Disadvantaged, Elementary School Students
Berney, Tomi D.; Gritzer, Glenn – 1990
The Bilingual Education Academic/Career Outreach for Newcomers Program (Project BEACON) completed its fourth year. The goals of Project BEACON are to facilitate acquisition of English proficiency, develop native language literacy skills, and provide instruction in bilingual and English content area/vocational classes. The project served 753…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education Programs, Career Education, Curriculum Development
Martinez, Ana L.; And Others – 1988
In its first extension year following a 3-year funding cycle, Project GET SET served 108 Bronx junior high school students with limited ability in both English and Spanish, in two schools located in economically depressed, predominantly Hispanic neighborhoods. The project's major goals were to develop both English and Spanish language skills and…
Descriptors: Attendance Patterns, Bilingual Education Programs, Career Development, Counseling Services
Offenberg, Robert M.; And Others – 1984
The second year of a Title VII project entitled "Bilingual Learning Centers in High Schools" is described. The program created learning centers in two Philadelphia public and one diocesan school designed to provide individualized instruction to limited-English speaking, primarily Spanish-speaking students in bilingual education programs…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Attendance Patterns, Bilingual Education, Catholic Schools
Shore, Rima, Ed.; And Others – 1981
Project VIBES at South Shore High School in New York City is described in this report. The project is a transitional bilingual education program that emphasizes acculturation and the acquisition of English language skills while maintaining the native language and appreciation of the students' cultural heritage. As implemented in 1980-81, the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Education Programs, Chinese
Peer reviewedPorter, Rosalie Pedalino – Public Interest, 1991
Families of Hispanic-American children of limited English proficiency are generally being denied the right to choose intensive English-language instruction rather than more typical transitional bilingual education. This article reviews the success of intensive English-language instruction and presents the case for making it available. (SLD)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Civil Liberties, Educational Opportunities, Educational Policy
Lesesne, Teri S.; Hall-Ellis, Sylvia – 1994
This paper examines the process of selecting, evaluating, integrating, and cataloging multicultural texts for school libraries. the first part examines the selection and evaluation of culturally authentic texts. Seven sources for locating multicultural literature and several reviewing sources are listed. The following criteria for evaluating…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Authority Control (Information), Book Reviews, Cataloging
Gonzalez, Rosa Maria – 1996
An evaluation of the bilingual education (BE) and English-as-a-Second Language (ESL) programs provided to limited English proficient (LEP) students by the Austin Independent School District (AISD) (Texas) looks at enrollment rates and trends and student achievement within the programs. In 1995-96, AISD enrolled 10,290 LEP students, about 14…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language)
Mercurio, Kristine – 1992
Project Data Tech targeted Spanish- and Haitian-speaking students of limited English proficiency at a high school in Brooklyn. Students who were admitted scored at or below the 40th percentile on the Language Assessment Battery, were new arrivals into the country, and wanted to join the computer-aided drafting (CAD) or cosmetology programs.…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Career Education, Computer Assisted Design, Cosmetology
Low, Lesley; And Others – 1993
A pilot program of foreign language instruction in Scottish elementary schools is evaluated. The program consisted of 12 projects in 76 elementary schools, articulated with their 12 associated secondary schools. French was taught in six projects, Spanish in four, and German and Italian in one each. Regular classroom teachers were trained and given…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Articulation (Education), Class Activities
Rhodes, Larry – 1997
Newood Products was one of the business partners involved in the Workplace Training Project, during which Lane Community College in Eugene, Oregon, and area businesses jointly developed worksite-specific, competency-based training in employer- and worker-identified basic skills. Over a 2-year period, second language courses in both Spanish and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Communication Skills, Community Colleges, Competency Based Education
Minnesota State Board of Education, St. Paul. – 1992
This publication presents recommendations for improving educational success, excellence, and equity for Hispanic American students in Minnesota's public schools. The document describes the actions that established the Minnesota State Board of Education Hispanic Learner Task Force (HLTF), the procedures for developing the recommendations, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education Programs, Bilingual Students, Elementary Secondary Education
Rhodes, Nancy C.; Barfield, Susan C. – 1991
The fifth year of the partial immersion program in grades 1-5 at Key Elementary School (Arlington, Virginia), where half the day is taught in English and half in Spanish, is reported. The annual review, which included classroom observations, student and teacher interviews, student assessment, and parent and staff interviews, revealed a highly…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, English (Second Language), Grade 1, Grade 2
Duque, Diana L. – 1993
This report presents findings of the evaluation by the New York City public school system's Office of Research, Evaluation, and Assessment of three programs (Summer E.S.L. Welcome Plus, Summer Bilingual, and Project Omega) for immigrant students. The Summer E.S.L. (English as a Second Language) Welcome Plus program operated at 19 sites in New York…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Instructional Materials, Chinese Americans, English (Second Language)
Cazabon, Mary; And Others – 1993
The progress report on the Amigos two-way bilingual education program in the Cambridge (Massachusetts) public schools describes: research on the achievement in mathematics, Spanish, and English of Amigos students and students in control/comparison groups; data gathered on students' and parents' attitudes toward bilingualism and biculturalism;…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cultural Pluralism, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
