Assessing Evaluation Studies : The Case of Bilingual Education Strategies

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Title: Assessing Evaluation Studies : The Case of Bilingual Education Strategies
Description: Bilingual education has long been the subject of major disagreements in this country. This book provides a detailed critique of the two largest studies of U.S. bilingual education programs. It examines the goals of the studies and what can be learned from them. In addition, using these studies as cases, this book provides guidelines on how to plan large evaluation studies to achieve useful answers to major policy questions about education.
Authors: National Research Council, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Committee on National Statistics, Panel to Review Evaluation Studies of Bilingual Education, Stephen E. Fienberg, Michael M. Meyer
Resource Type: eBook.
Subjects: Methodology, Education, Bilingual--United States--Evaluation
Categories: EDUCATION / Research
Database: eBook Collection (EBSCOhost)
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Abstract:Bilingual education has long been the subject of major disagreements in this country. This book provides a detailed critique of the two largest studies of U.S. bilingual education programs. It examines the goals of the studies and what can be learned from them. In addition, using these studies as cases, this book provides guidelines on how to plan large evaluation studies to achieve useful answers to major policy questions about education.
ISBN:9780309047289
9780585119441
9780309544061