nter arguments are presented to defend the author's data selection practices and to point out pitfalls in Baker's critique. (SLD)

Significant questions are raised concerning the Baker/de Kanter review, which concluded that "the case for the effectiveness of transitional bilingual education is so weak that exclusive reliance on this instructional method is clearly not justified." Sources used show methodological problems and multiple examples of deficiences in nine…

Describes and evaluates an English-Hebrew program designed to develop biliteracy in kindergarten children. (FL)

Summarizes the sociopolitical and pedagogical debates over bilingual and bicultural education. Reviews research findings on the effects of bilingual education, discusses issues concerning public expenditures for bilingual programs and the effects of language on social cohesion and academic failure, and advocates adopting an official national…

Makes a case for bilingual education by citing program and research results and by comparing bilingual programs with English as a second language programs. Suggests why some bilingual programs are less successful and notes the importance of principals for educational programs. (JM)

This year-long qualitative study explored how a literature-based literacy curriculum supported literacy growth of ESL kindergartners in a full-day Portuguese-English bilingual program. Findings indicated that emphasizing phonics and construction of meaning from texts supported children's construction of literacy understandings. Limited oral…

Details educational procedures basic to Title VII Academic Excellence Project P.I.A.G.E.T. (Promoting Intellectual Adaptation Given Experimental Transforming), a model disseminated nationally to agencies serving young culturally and linguistically diverse children. Notes that the procedures critical to the program's success were…

A study of four bilingual special education settings found teachers chose different approaches for teaching writing: interactive journals, Optimal Learning Environment (OLE), Writer's Workshop, and a combination of journal writing, brainstorming-planning, and spelling practice. One year later, only participants in OLE demonstrated significant…

This study determined the effectiveness of an early literacy program that embeds skills-based instruction into meaningful contexts, documented children's engagement in the instruction, and obtained insights into how language of origin (Spanish or English) influences performance in instruction in two languages. The program, Systematic and Engaging…

The purpose of this study was to analyze the effects of a two-way immersion elementary school program on academic achievement at the end of the elementary school and the end of the first year of junior high school. Longitudinal high stakes test data in reading, writing, and mathematics were collected on native English speakers and native Spanish…

This bibliography on bilingual education and related subjects includes an extensive collection of materials published between 1970 and 1980 and a limited number of studies dated before 1970. The materials are organized under alphabetically arranged categories and cover a broad range of areas including culture, language, and education among…

A program that provided instructional and non-instructional services to Spanish speaking students of limited English proficiency at Morris High School in New York City during 1980-81 is described in the report. The instructional component included English as a Second Language, native language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies. The…

A study sought: to identify regular classroom teachers' philosophies of bilingual education and the relationship of this philosophy to instructional decisions; to have teachers describe the operational details of the bilingual program in their school, and their perceptions of program effectiveness; and to have teachers describe the institutional…

Significant attention has been given to the effectiveness of the federal bilingual education program, Title VII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1975, although evaluations have often focused on philosophical issues rather than educational outcomes. Measures of program effectiveness have often been inappropriate for the goals,…

During the 1982-83 school year the Austin Independent School District implemented a successful bilingual preschool project. However, class A was more successful than class B in terms of results on the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-Revised. To understand what factors may have led to greater effectiveness, data were gathered from the two classes…