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Provo Board Gets Data Briefing on Dual Language Immersion, Seeks More Outreach and Targets Attrition
Summary
Superintendent Wendy Dowell and DLI staff told the Provo City School Board that DLI schools have lower special‑education prevalence, the greatest attrition occurs from third to fourth grade, and roughly one‑third to 40% of students who begin DLI persist to high‑school DLI offerings; the district will expand surveys and targeted focus groups.
WENDY DOWELL, superintendent of Provo School District, presented a data‑driven update on the district’s Dual Language Immersion (DLI) program at the school board’s Dec. 9 study session, saying the presentation raised questions the district will investigate further.
District staff and DLI specialists showed that across five elementary DLI schools the special‑education (SPED) population is lower on the DLI side than in non‑DLI classes and that the largest rate of attrition occurs between third and fourth grade. ‘‘When…
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