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27 Mar 2017
Report

Best Practices for Dual Language Programs in Secondary Schools

Kathy Terry, Beth Howard-Brown, Angelica Herrera, Lisa Tabaku, and Chris Times, AIR
Joy Eichelberger and Vicki LaRock, RMC Research Corporation

Over the past few decades, there has been increasingly more research focused on instructional programs and practices for educating and preparing students for a linguistically-diverse global economy. Numerous research studies have shown that dual language/two-way immersion (DL) programs are effective at helping students become bilingual and fluent in English and another language.

Despite the benefits that have been noted based on students’ participation in DL programs, the majority of programs operate at the elementary level. This report highlights articles regarding DL (two-way immersion) programs operating within secondary schools. This research summary can serve as a reference tool that supports state education agency decision-making regarding developing, implementing, and assessing DL programs at the secondary level.

 

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The Southeast Comprehensive Center (SECC) is one of 15 regional comprehensive centers funded by the U.S. Department of Education for the October 2012–September 2019 grant cycle of the Comprehensive Centers Program. SECC provided training and technical assistance to state education agencies in Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, and South Carolina, to enable them to assist school districts and schools in the implementation and administration of programs authorized under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as reauthorized in 2015 as the Every Student Succeeds Act.

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