TY - JOUR
T1 - Impact of bilingual education programs on limited English proficient students and their peers
T2 - Regression discontinuity evidence from Texas
AU - Chin, Aimee
AU - Daysal, N. Meltem
AU - Imberman, Scott A.
PY - 2013/11
Y1 - 2013/11
N2 - Texas requires a school district to offer bilingual education when its enrollment of limited English proficient (LEP) students in a particular elementary grade and language is twenty or higher. Using school panel data, we find a significant increase in the probability that a district provides bilingual education above this 20-student cutoff. Using this discontinuity as an instrument for district bilingual education provision, we find that providing bilingual education programs (relative to providing only English as a Second Language programs) does not significantly impact the standardized test scores of students with Spanish as their home language (comprised primarily of ever-LEP students). However, we find significant positive impacts on non-LEP students' achievement, which indicates that education programs for LEP students have spillover effects to non-LEP students.
AB - Texas requires a school district to offer bilingual education when its enrollment of limited English proficient (LEP) students in a particular elementary grade and language is twenty or higher. Using school panel data, we find a significant increase in the probability that a district provides bilingual education above this 20-student cutoff. Using this discontinuity as an instrument for district bilingual education provision, we find that providing bilingual education programs (relative to providing only English as a Second Language programs) does not significantly impact the standardized test scores of students with Spanish as their home language (comprised primarily of ever-LEP students). However, we find significant positive impacts on non-LEP students' achievement, which indicates that education programs for LEP students have spillover effects to non-LEP students.
KW - Bilingual education
KW - Limited English proficient (LEP) students
KW - Peer effects
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2013.08.008
DO - 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2013.08.008
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:84884720456
VL - 107
SP - 63
EP - 78
JO - Journal of Public Economics
JF - Journal of Public Economics
SN - 0047-2727
ER -