The volume presents an appraisal of the empirical research in Bilingual Education. Over 180 research studies and project evaluations were reviewed and evaluated for the soundness of their research designs. Chapter I presents a discussion of the types of research conducted in bilingual education. It includes an introduction to the problems…

The system discussed in this paper was successfully used to track approximately 17,000 students participating in various educational programs and to measure their gains through achievement test results. It was developed for a school district with twelve supplementary instruction programs, and has been in use since the 1975-76 school year. The…

A five-year bilingual, bicultural program, part of the Experimental Schools Program, employed by the Edgewood Independent School District, San Antonio, Texas, was designed to enhance the affective characteristics of the predominantly Mexican American student population, to train teachers to avoid socioeconomic and cultural biases, and to improve…

This report presents results of research conducted in conjunction with a Swedish project focused on the bilingual instruction of immigrant children. The main aim of the project was to construct a model for teaching children with a mother-tongue other than Swedish (in this case, Finnish) in a way that would provide them the same educational and…

This research concerns the French immersion program and the program of 60 minutes of French instruction daily introduced by the Ottawa Roman Catholic Separate School Board at the first grade level. A longitudinal evaluation of the effects of these programs compares language proficiency, linguistic development, social maturity, academic…

The outreach activities component to REPSAC, an extremely successful early childhood bilingual intervention program in Clovis, New Mexico, enabled the project to provide replication services to various local education agencies requesting such services. During 1976-77, services included the training of selected teachers and aides to acquire…

This evaluation focuses on Title I programs implemented in 26 public and private schools in Community School District 4, a predominantly Hispanic and black district located on Manhattan's upper east side. The various programs examined include: (1) the High Intensity Learning System Reading Program for elementary and junior high grades; (2) the…

A bilingual early education program for migrant children ages three through third grade, the interstate program operates two permanent sites in Washington and one site in Texas. The Texas site operates a mobile component in which the teachers and administrative and training staff relocate to northern work sites providing continuing services to…

An evaluation of a bilingual education TV series was conducted involving 6-year-old English speaking, Spanish speaking, and bilingual children at four sites. Children were assigned to control and experimental groups with the latter group seeing four 30 minute shows. A pretest-posttest design was employed with the pretest serving as the covariate…

In 1975-76, an outreach activities component enabled REPSAC (a highly successful early childhood bilingual intervention program) to provide replication services to various local education agencies requesting such services. Training was taken to the replication centers by a specially designed and equipped motor coach. During the year, the Fort…

A study was made to determine the effectiveness of the Connecticut "pairing" model in improving the school success of Spanish-dominant children classified as low achievers. The study was concerned with whether a carefully designed model of bilingual-bicultural education can improve reading, arithmetic and language arts skills and enhance…

This paper presents a study of the educational problems of the Skolt Lapp children living in Finland. (The Skolt Lapps have a distinctively different culture from the rest of the Finnish people.) The study was designed to define: (1) to what degree cultural factors affect the educational readiness (intellectual functions, school motivation, and…

Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I migrant programs focus on identifying and meeting the needs of migrant children through remedial instruction, health, nutrition and psychological services, cultural development, and prevocational training and counseling. Evaluating the impact of Title I programs for migrant children, the study…

During fiscal year 1976, 5 school districts conducted special educational activities for 386 migrant children. Although each local educational agency (LEA) approached the migrant child's educational problems differently, the individualized instruction concept was central in all programs. Standardized testing, Migrant Student Record Transfer System…

Meta analysis results were compared with a traditional review of bilingual education program effectiveness. When controlled for methodological inadequacies, participation in bilingual education programs consistently produced differences favoring bilingual education. The methodological inadequacies in the synthesized studies highlights the need for…