@EdWorkingPaper{ai20-300,
title = "Dual Language Education and Academic Growth",
author = "Angela Johnson",
institution = "Annenberg Institute at Brown University",
number = "300",
year = "2020",
month = "September",
URL = "http://www.edworkingpapers.com/ai20-300",
abstract = {This paper reports math and reading academic achievement and growth in grades 2 to 8 for Hispanic participants and nonparticipants of a Spanish-English dual language program. I apply a piecewise multilevel growth model to administrative data from a large school district that enrolls a substantial English Learner student population. Dual language participants started 2nd grade with lower achievement than nonparticipants. In math, dual language participants grew faster than nonparticipants during each school year in grades 2 to 5 but lost more learning during subsequent summers. In reading, dual language participants grew slightly more slowly during school years but lost less learning during the summers.},
}