ERIC Number: EJ1186808
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018-Sep
Pages: 26
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0162-3737
EISSN: EISSN-1935-1062
Dual-Language Immersion Education at Scale: An Analysis of Program Costs, Mechanisms, and Moderators
Steele, Jennifer L.; Slater, Robert O.; Li, Jennifer; Zamarro, Gema; Miller, Trey; Bacon, Michael
Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, v40 n3 p420-445 Sep 2018
Using input and outcome data from a randomized study of dual-language immersion programs in an urban district, we examine the mediating relationships of dosage, expenditures, and classroom characteristics to students' academic performance, and the moderating role of students' race/ethnicity. Differential costs of immersion were concentrated at the district level and were modest, at about 2% to 4% of per-pupil spending annually. We estimate that an additional US$100 spent per immersion student in a given year was associated with an additional 8% of a standard deviation in language arts performance in English, which was just over one third of the causal point-in-time enrollment effect of 22% of a standard deviation. We find no generalizable evidence of differential effects by race/ethnicity.
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Education Programs, Immersion Programs, Input Output Analysis, Costs, Expenditure per Student, Educational Finance, Urban Education, School Districts, Educational Policy, Academic Achievement, Ethnicity, Second Language Instruction, Enrollment, Student Characteristics, Teacher Characteristics, Monolingualism, Racial Differences
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
Sponsor: Institute of Education Sciences (ED)
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Identifiers - Location: Oregon (Portland)
IES Funded: Yes
Grant or Contract Numbers: R305E120003
What Works Clearinghouse Reviewed: Does Not Meet Evidence Standards
WWC Study Page: https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/Study/86895