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Board reviews Dual Language Immersion outcomes and enrollment patterns; parent satisfaction high, bridge completion lower
Summary
District staff presented a review of the Dual Language Immersion (DLI) program, including language proficiency goals, parent satisfaction survey results, enrollment trends and concerns about completion into high-school bridge courses. Staff outlined follow-up research and requested board guidance on additional questions.
The Provo City School Board spent substantial time on Sept. 19 reviewing the district's Dual Language Immersion (DLI) programs, hearing survey results, enrollment trends and outcome measures from district staff and outside analyses.
Doug Finch of district staff summarized the program structure and history, noting that most of the district's DLI offerings are one-way immersion programs and that Timpanogos Elementary operates a two-way Spanish program outside the state DLI assurances. Finch said the state's stated goal for DLI is that "students would be able to have the opportunity to become bilingual, biliterate, and culturally competent in a global community," and he pointed board members to the Utah State Board of Education assurance documents for DLI implementation.
Jamie (district staff who led recent surveys) presented parent and teacher survey results: about 94.8% of…
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