Impact of bilingual education programs on limited English proficient students and their peers: Regression discontinuity evidence from Texas

Aimee Chin, N. Meltem Daysal and Scott Imberman

Journal of Public Economics, 2013, vol. 107, issue C, 63-78

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: Bilingual education; Peer effects; Limited English proficient (LEP) students (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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Working Paper: Impact of Bilingual Education Programs on Limited English Proficient Students and Their Peers: Regression Discontinuity Evidence from Texas (2012)
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2013.08.008

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