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AESD outlines language development strategy; trustees question home-language survey effects
Summary
District presenters reviewed ELD and dual-language immersion models, saying 57% of students are emergent bilingual and the district uses a 30-minute designated ELD block plus partner-language development. Trustees raised concerns about the home-language survey labeling students; staff explained assessment safeguards and the 30-day parent notification.
Magali Rodriguez and Valerie Valencia presented the Anaheim Elementary School District's approach to English Language Development and dual-language immersion on Sept. 11, describing program principles, instructional time and monitoring used to support emergent bilingual students.
Rodriguez noted 57% of AESD students are emergent bilingual or former emergent bilingual, and the district supports four language-immersion tracks:…
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