School Services Projects: English Language Learners
Project Results

 

In 2002-2003, eighty-four (84) students from this California elementary school received Lindamood-Bell® instruction. Forty-eight of the 84 students were English Language Learners (ELL), and 36 were native speakers of English (non-ELL). While the average hours of instruction were similar between the ELL and non-ELL students, the average pre-test performance was not. For this reason, pre-test performance was controlled for, resulting in an adjusted post-test comparison. Our research question was—Do English Language Learners who receive Lindamood-Bell® instruction make comparable progress to native speakers of English who receive Lindamood-Bell® instruction? The following figure shows the comparative result.

Post-Test Scores

The above chart illustrates that English Language Learners who receive Lindamood-Bell® instruction make comparable progress (p > .05) to native speakers of English who receive Lindamood-Bell® instruction.