An Evaluation of Bilingual Education for Spanish-Speaking Children.

Balinsky, Warren L.; Peng, Samuel S.

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Publication Date: 1974

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An Evaluation of Bilingual Education for Spanish-Speaking Children

Balinsky, Warren L.; Peng, Samuel S.

Urban Education, 9, 3, 271-278, Oct 74

An evaluation of a bilingual education program for first and second-grade children in an urban public school suggested that teaching them in their native language will cause higher achievement than expected and that classification of Spanish-speaking pupils based on standardized tests (in English) is invalid. (EH)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education, Elementary School Students, Program Evaluation, Spanish Speaking, Standardized Tests

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