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Mihaly, Kata; Arellano, Brenda; Prier, Shannon – Regional Educational Laboratory Southwest, 2022
New Mexico is one of 48 states that offer a biliteracy seal to high school graduates to recognize their proficiency in a non -English language. The Regional Educational Laboratory Southwest English Learners Research Partnership collaborated with a large urban district in New Mexico to study the characteristics and college readiness of students who…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Language Proficiency, High School Graduates, Student Characteristics
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Regional Educational Laboratory Southwest, 2022
This study snapshot highlights key findings from a study that examined who earns biliteracy seals in a large urban district in New Mexico and how they impact college outcomes. New Mexico is one of 48 states that offer a biliteracy seal to high school graduates to recognize their proficiency in a non-English language. The Regional Educational…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Language Proficiency, High School Graduates, Student Characteristics
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Regional Educational Laboratory Southwest, 2022
The full study to these appendixes examined who earns biliteracy seals in a large urban district in New Mexico and how they impact college outcomes. The study used data from three cohorts of grade 12 students in the district from 2017/18 to 2019/20. The New Mexico Public Education Department and district leaders can use the findings to decide how…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Language Proficiency, High School Graduates, Student Characteristics
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Blum Martinez, Rebecca; Baker, Susan – Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education, 2010
Bilingual education in the United States has been a controversial educational practice since its national inception in 1968. The persistent tension over what kinds of educational programs will help bilingual students can be found across and within states. These disagreements ultimately affect bilingual teacher education programs, as they must…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Teacher Education Programs, Bilingual Education, Educational Practices
Minkin, Rita – Foreign Languages News Bulletin, 1968
Special features of teaching Spanish to the Spanish speaking are identified and compared with objectives of teaching Spanish as a second language. Described are the (1) feasibility of achieving effective ability placement through a listening-comprehension test designed for use in Albuquerque Public Schools, (2) linguistic and motivational problems…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Audiolingual Methods, Bilingual Students, Bilingualism
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Chavez, Eliverio – Southwest Journal of Linguistics, 1993
This two-stage study measured the bilingual proficiency of Hispanic students using a language dominance/proficiency test to determine rural/urban residence, active language use, socioeconomic stratification, and language attitudes. Results indicated that rural males were more proficient in the minority language, whereas females were the precursors…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Bilingualism, Elementary Education, English (Second Language)