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ERIC Number: EJ391048
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
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Chinese American Fluent English Proficient Students and School Achievement.
Lee, Edmund W.
NABE: The Journal for the National Association for Bilingual Education, v13 n2 p95-111 Win 1989
Finds that, among 544 fourth-sixth graders, Chinese-Americans identified as fluent English proficient or reclassified as such after bilingual education equaled or surpassed non-minority classmates in reading, language, and mathematics achievement scores, but showed intragroup differences by socioeconomic status, point of origin, dialect, and years of fluency. (SV)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Students, Chinese Americans, Comparative Analysis, Educational Research, Elementary School Students, Intermediate Grades, Language Fluency, Student Placement
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: California; Fluent English Proficient