%0 Journal Article
%T The Additive Advantage and Bilingual Programs in a Large Urban School District
%A Sandra A. Alvear
%J American Educational Research Journal
%@ 1935-1011
%D 2019
%R 10.3102/0002831218800986
%X The current study analyzes the relationship between elementary school reading achievement and participation in the following language acquisition programs¡ªtransitional bilingual, developmental, two-way bilingual immersion, and English immersion. With a focus on the achievement of Spanish-dominant English learners, the study uses multilevel models to examine Spanish and English reading outcomes for evidence of an ¡°additive advantage¡± associated with programs that pursue full proficiency in students¡¯ home language and English. Set in a large urban school district in Texas, this research finds that participants in the most additive program, two-way, earned the highest Grade 5 English reading performance. In contrast, students in transitional and two-way programs demonstrated similar Spanish reading growth, and developmental students had significantly slower growth than transitional students
%K bilingual programs
%K dual language programs
%K English language learners
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.3102/0002831218800986