Reclassification Patterns Among Latino English Learner Students in Bilingual, Dual Immersion, and English Immersion Classrooms

American Educational Research Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 879-912

  Umansky, Ilana M ^a   Reardon, Sean F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

bilingual education; English learners; event history analysis; Latino students; reclassification

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907549021     PISSN: 00028312     EISSN: 19351011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0002831214545110     Document Type: Article

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