Project BETA is a Title VII program serving recent immigrant students in three New York City high schools: Koreans at William C. Bryant, Haitians at Springfield Gardens, and Vietnamese at Theodore Roosevelt. Project students receive instruction in English as a second language (ESL) at each site, and Vietnamese students at Theodore Roosevelt receive content-area subjects in their native language. Although initially designed for gifted and telented students, project BETA is open to all limited English proficient (LEP) students in the targeted language groups. In part, the program's objective is to facilitate the mainstreaming of students by instilling in them a sense of pride in their native culture through exposure to their histories and arts, and through formal study of their native languages. Assessment of achievement data in 1983-84, the first year of a three-year funding cycle, found that: (1) the ESL objective was met in the fall at Bryant, and in the spring at Roosevelt; (2) the 85% passing criterion in content-area classes was met only at Roosevelt in science classes (fall) and social studies classes (both semesters), and at Bryant in mathematics and social studies in both semesters; (3) of the 52 students at Bryant for whom data were reported, 96.2% improved in their attitudes toward school and cultural heritage. The project included staff development and parent participation activities. In its first year of operation, Project BETA showed promise in eventually meeting all of its goals and objectives. The report concludes with recommendations for increasing program effectiveness. (KH)