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Lawndale parents hear summer ELD gains, dual‑immersion pilot and new outreach for Vietnamese families
Summary
At a Lawndale ELD parent leadership meeting, teachers and staff reported strong short‑term gains from a four‑week summer program, described a third‑grade dual‑immersion pilot and outlined new outreach for Vietnamese families after conference learning and community interviews.
At a Lawndale ELD parent leadership meeting, teachers and ELD staff presented results from summer programs and plans to scale supports for English learners, dual‑immersion students and families who speak Vietnamese.
Teachers Andrea Carr and Marilyn Gill summarized a student work analysis protocol used in summer programs and said it produced measurable short‑term gains. According to Marilyn, dual‑immersion students showed roughly 17% growth in encoding and 20% growth in decoding over a four‑week cycle; a long‑term English‑learner group improved from 44% proficiency on a preassessment to 83% after instruction. "We looked at patterns," Andrea said, describing how teachers used assessment data to design instruction and refine practice.
Rosie (who identified herself…
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