Impact of Bilingual Education Programs on Limited English Proficient Students and Their Peers: Regression Discontinuity Evidence from Texas

CentER Discussion Paper Series No. 2012-050

Posted: 26 Jun 2012

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Aimee Chin

University of Houston - Department of Economics

N. Meltem Daysal

Tilburg University; IZA

Scott A. Imberman

affiliation not provided to SSRN

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Date Written: June 26, 2012

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 offers bilingual education above this 20-student cutoff. Using this discontinuity as an instrument for district bilingual education provision, we find that bilingual education programs do not significantly impact the standardized test scores of students with Spanish as their home language (comprised primarily of ever-LEP students). However, there are significant positive spillover effects to their non-LEP peers.

Keywords: Bilingual education

JEL Classification: I21, J24

Suggested Citation

Chin, Aimee Y. and Daysal, N. Meltem and Imberman, Scott A., Impact of Bilingual Education Programs on Limited English Proficient Students and Their Peers: Regression Discontinuity Evidence from Texas (June 26, 2012). CentER Discussion Paper Series No. 2012-050, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2092717 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2092717

Aimee Y. Chin (Contact Author)

University of Houston - Department of Economics ( email )

Houston, TX 77204-5882
United States

N. Meltem Daysal

Tilburg University ( email )

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Scott A. Imberman

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