Editing Bilingual education (section)

=== Transitional bilingual education ===
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In '''transitional (early-exit) bilingual education''' programs, the goal is to provide education in a child's native language to ensure that students do not fall behind in content areas such as mathematics, science, and social studies while they are learning the new language.<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 2015 |title=Program Models and Services |url=https://www.k12.wa.us/sites/default/files/public/migrantbilingual/pubdocs/programmodels.pdf |website=Washington State Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction}}</ref> Unlike in maintenance bilingual education programs, when the child's second language proficiency is deemed satisfactory, they transition to using only that language.<ref name="jstor.org"/> This approach is based on the common underlying proficiency model of bilingualism which posits that many of the skills learned in the native language can be transferred easily to the second language later.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Baker |first1=Colin |title=Foundations of bilingual education and bilingualism |last2=Wright |first2=Wayne E. |publisher=Multilingual Matters |year=2017 |isbn=9781783097203 |edition=6th |location=Bristol, UK |pages=158}}</ref> While the linguistic goal of such programs is to help students transition to mainstream, single language classrooms, the use of the student's primary language as a vehicle to develop literacy skills and acquire academic knowledge also prevents the degeneration of a child's native language.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Durán |first1=Lillian K. |last2=Roseth |first2=Cary J. |last3=Hoffman |first3=Patricia |date=2010-04-01 |title=An experimental study comparing English-only and Transitional Bilingual Education on Spanish-speaking preschoolers' early literacy development |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0885200609000714 |journal=Early Childhood Research Quarterly |language=en |volume=25 |issue=2 |pages=207–217 |doi=10.1016/j.ecresq.2009.10.002 |issn=0885-2006}}</ref> Transitional bilingual education is the most prominent special language program in the United States with around 60% of state and locally funded programs having this title. However, according to a study of educational effectiveness by educational social scientists, transitional bilingual education programs have the same or worse effect on English Language Learner students than other types of bilingual education that are prominent in Canada. <ref>{{Cite journal |last=Rossell |first=Christine H. |last2=Baker |first2=Keith |date=1996 |title=The Educational Effectiveness of Bilingual Education |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/40171543 |journal=Research in the Teaching of English |volume=30 |issue=1 |pages=7–74 |issn=0034-527X}}</ref>