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My concern is for bilingual programs. Bilingual Education has been around since the 60s and there still seems to be a lack of desire to assess how the students are progressing in their native language (and language of instruction).
Chan But according to the original Bilingual Education Act (which, to my knowledge, has not been changed), the goal of bilingual education was to help students transition from L1 to English within a specified period of time (a year, if I read the original law correctly). It was never intended for students to be taught primarily in L1 while maybe just th...See More
Jun 3, 2011
lynne On 6/03/11, Sarintin wrote: > My concern is for bilingual programs. Bilingual Education > has been around since the 60s and there still seems to be a > lack of desire to assess how the students are progressing in > their native language (and language of instruction).

In California we do have a Spanish-language assessment for st...See More
Jun 3, 2011


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