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ERIC Number: EJ367967
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1985
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Ten Years after a Preschool Intervention for Low Birth Weight Spanish-American Children.
Askins, Billy E.; Cornett, Joe D.
NABE: The Journal for the National Association for Bilingual Education, v10 n1 p37-50 Fall 1985
The low birth weight criterion and other factors used for entry in 1971 into the Responsive Environment Program for Spanish-American Children (RESPAC), yielded predictions of school failure for nearly all RESPAC students. A significant finding of the 10-year follow-up study was that 86 percent of RESPAC students had normal school progress. (JHZ)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Birth Weight, Elementary Secondary Education, Followup Studies, High Risk Students, Language Acquisition, Mexican American Education, Outcomes of Education, Parent Role, Preschool Education, Program Descriptions, Program Effectiveness, Spanish Americans
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Audience: Practitioners
Language: English
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Identifiers: Early Intervention; Low Birth Weight Children; New Mexico (Clovis)