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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Educating language-minority children / Diane August and Kenji Hakuta, editors ; Committee on Developing a Research Agenda on the Education of Limited-English-Proficient and Bilingual Students, Board on Children, Youth, and Families, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council, Institute of Medicine.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

1. Linguistic minorities—Education—United States—Evaluation. 2. Education, Bilingual—United States—Evaluation. 3. English language—Study and teaching—United States—Evaluation. 4. Second language acquisition. I. August, Diane. II. Kenji, Hakuta. III. Board on Children, Youth, and Families (U.S.). Committee on Developing a Research Agenda on the Education of Limited-EnglishProficient and Bilingual Students.

LC3731.E373 1998

370.117′5′0973—dc21 97-45429