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Roots and Wings ProjectThis project is based at an elementary school in the San Francisco Bay Area serving approximately 300 students. The majority of students in the school live below the poverty line and one-third are identified as English language learners. The school received a five-year Title VII grant to restructure its bilingual education program from a transitional bilingual education model, where students are taught English quickly and then mainstreamed into English-only instruction, to a dual-language immersion program where native English and native Spanish speakers learn both languages, promoting bilingualism and biliteracy. The collaboration between the elementary school and the Graduate School of Education focuses on an ongoing evaluation process which views assessment as central to the restructuring effort. Researchers assist the school in developing and implementing assessment instruments that monitor the progress of the school’s restructuring efforts in three areas: increased student achievement of English language learners, staff development/professional growth, and increased parent/community involvement.
The principal investigator is Eugene Garcia.
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