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Exploring The Role Of English Only Early Childhood Education Participation For Spanish Speaking Multilingual Learners’ Long-Term Academic Outcomes, Jennifer Moore Vice-Reshel
Exploring The Role Of English Only Early Childhood Education Participation For Spanish Speaking Multilingual Learners’ Long-Term Academic Outcomes, Jennifer Moore Vice-Reshel
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The purpose of this study was to investigate Spanish-speaking multilingual learner (MLL) students’ long-term academic outcomes after participation in an early childhood education (ECE) program with English instruction. The study included 359 Spanish-speaking MLLs who qualified for Free and Reduced Lunch from Grade 1 to Grade 6. Participants entered a large suburban public school district in the Midwest in Kindergarten in the 2014-2015, 2015-2016 and 2016-2017 school years. In this study, 186 MLLs participated in an English Only Early Childhood Education (EO ECE) program and 173 MLLs did not participate in an EO ECE (No-EO ECE) program housed within the …