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Castleberry reports bilingual and ESL students show gains; district targets middle-school math and algebra
Summary
Laura Guzman presented the 2024–25 emerging bilingual program evaluation, reporting dual-language students outperform state emergent-bilingual averages in early grades while the district will target middle-school math and algebra for improvement.
Laura Guzman, secondary emergent bilingual coordinator for Castleberry ISD, presented the 2024–25 program evaluation for emerging bilingual (EB) students, outlining performance across dual-language and ESL models.
Guzman said the district serves EB students through a one-way dual-language program (Spanish-English bilingual instruction aimed at biliteracy) and an English as a second language (ESL) model. She reported dual-language students in early elementary grades are performing above the state emerging…
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