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Dual Language Immersion Magnet @ Polo Road Elementary School Description of Program Purpose: Close the achievement gap of the schools extensive population of English Language Learners (add the boards purpose...spanish in the
@ Polo Road Elementary School
Description of Program
○ Close the achievement gap of the school’s extensive population of English Language Learners (add the board’s purpose...spanish in the Elementary school)
○ Target language models ○ Additive
○ Bilingualism ○ Biliteracy ○ Biculturalism ○ Academic Proficiency
Benefits for ELL’s and NES’s
Both ELLs and NES (Native English Speakers) in bilingual immersion programs demonstrated large gains over time in their reading and math achievement test scores. By middle school, both groups scored at or well above grade level in reading and math when measured in both languages. Most students believed that learning through two languages trained them to think better and helped them do better in school (Lindholm-Leary, 2005).
How is Current Academic Achievement Measured & Communicated at PRE?
○ Language proficiency measure (3rd and 5th grades)