traditional ESL and bilingual education programs were not designed to
serve the specific needs of newcomers
100
number of states reporting programs
30
100
the most common model across the newcomer sites is the
program within the larger school setting (77%)
200
the main objectives of newcomer programs are to
help students acquire beginning English skills,
provide some instruction in core academic content areas,
guide the student's acculturation to the U.S. school system
200
number of program sites
196
200
the second most common model is the
separate site (17%)
300
overall the goal of most programs is to
accelerate the students' learning so they can make the transition to other school programs
300
most programs are located in _____ settings
urban
300
the least common model is the
whole school (6%)
400
most programs seek at minimum to provide students with
a strong foundation in social and academic English language development and with acculturation to U.S. schools and educational expectations in the United States
400
newcomer students come from more than __ different countries and speak more than __ different languages
90, 60
400
whole school programs were developed primarily for
high school students
500
the definition and specific goals of newcomer programs
vary widely from site to site
500
state with the most newcomer programs
Texas!
500
97% of programs provide instruction in one or more
core content areas as well as in some elective areas through English or the native language of the students