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ERIC Number: EJ597428
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-1083-5415
Poverty, Race, and Foreign Language Immersion: Predictors of Math and English Language Arts Performance.
Caldas, Stephen J.; Boudreaux, Nicole
Learning Languages, v5 n1 p4-15 Fall 1999
Discusses a French immersion program in Louisiana, highlighting indications that students in the program are scoring higher on the state's mandated standardized tests than students in the district not participating in the program. Attempting to overcome deficits in language immersion research using testing and demographic data from a large sample of Louisiana's French immersion students. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Demography, Economic Factors, French, Immersion Programs, Language Arts, Mathematics, Race, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Standardized Tests
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Louisiana