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ERIC Number: ED279780
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1986
Pages: 59
Abstractor: N/A
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: N/A
EISSN: N/A
Bilingual Pupil Services 1985-86. OEA Evaluation Report.
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn. Office of Educational Assessment.
During the 1985-86 fiscal year, the Bilingual Pupil Services (BPS) Project was selected by the U.S. Department of Education as an exemplary Chapter 1 Project, suitable for national dissemination and replication. BPS provides instruction in English as a second language (ESL), bilingual reading, and mathematics to students of limited English proficiency (LEP), and provides inservice training for 60 paraprofessionals who work with these students. It has served Hispanic LEP students since its inception and has served Chinese LEP students for the past three years. The 1985-86 evaluation focused primarily on the program's paraprofessional training component. Participants indicated that the program gave then the following: (1) a sense of purpose and accomplishment; (2) teaching know-how; (3) feelings of confidence and progress resulting from the support of BPS staff members during field visits; (4) highly organized management and record-keeping systems; and (5) specific teaching techniques which were developed during training sessions. Participants' evaluations were overwhelmingly positive. Their major recommendation was that they be given more time to learn to develop and implement some of the strategies that were outlined during the training sessions. This report describes the program and its activities, reports on student achievement, and provides recommendations. (LHW)
Office of Educational Assessment, New York City Board of Education, 110 Livingston Street, Brooklyn, NY, 11201.
Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: N/A
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn. Office of Educational Assessment.
Identifiers - Location: New York (New York)
Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Education Consolidation Improvement Act Chapter 1
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A