This article reviews experimental studies comparing bilingual and English-only reading
programs for English language learners. The review method is best-evidence synthesis …

Students are expected to comprehend and produce increasingly complex texts in upper
elementary school, and academic language and literacy skills are considered critical to …

This article systematically reviews research on elementary reading programs for English
language learners and other language-minority students. It focuses on studies that …

This review synthesizes research on English reading outcomes of all types of programs for
Spanish-dominant English language learners (ELLs) in elementary schools. It is divided into …

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This study is an exploratory investigation of the effects of teaching literacy skills to 1st
graders of Hispanic background in English or Spanish. Two classes of 1st graders who …

The number of students arriving at school not fully proficient in English has grown
enormously over the past half century. Forty years ago, the achievement of children from non …

A first-grade reading and language development intervention for English language learners
(Spanish/English) at risk for reading difficulties was examined. The intervention was …

Is it best to learn reading in two languages simultaneously or sequentially? We observed
second-and third-grade children in two-way dual-language learning contexts:(a) 50: 50 or …

To examine the effects of whole language and language experience approaches on
beginning reading achievement, a quantitative synthesis was performed on two data bases …