No Child Left Behind and Native Language Immersion Programs Posted on July 21, 2010 by Laura Brooks By now, you have certainly heard of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), the infamous education legislation passed in 2001. What you may not be aware of is how NCLB can negatively affect Native language preservation programs in Indian communities across the country. The NCLB Act requires schools to test students’ English proficiency beginning in kindergarten. Many language immersion programs avoid introducing any English into the curriculum until 5th grade. All classes are taught in the target language, and this has been shown to significantly improve target language outcomes for students (the most common alternate approach being one language class per day that focuses on the target language). Approximately 5,000 U.S. students are currently involved in language immersion programs at their schools.
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