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Azusa Unified touts expansion of dual-language immersion, district data shows proficiency gains
Summary
District leaders told the school board Nov. 4 that Azusa Unified's dual-language immersion pathway (Spanish and Mandarin) has grown to preschool—high-school and that site-level data at Valleydale shows notable gains for DLI students: ELA proficiency for DLI students reached 44% and math 36% this year, above school averages.
Azusa Unified School District officials on Nov. 4 presented an update on the district's dual-language immersion (DLI) pathway, saying the program now runs from preschool through high school in Spanish and is expanding in Mandarin, and reporting measurable academic improvements for DLI students.
Margarita Gonzalez Zamador, AUSD's director of multilingual and categorical programs, told the Board of Education the district's goals are bilingualism and biliteracy, academic excellence, and multicultural competence. Principals from participating sites described classroom practice and family engagement that…
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