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| Title | Article: Navajo Language Immersion School Makes Adequate Yearly Progress |
| Body | From http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2007/03/21/28navajo.h26.html? A Culture Put to the Test For Navajo children, a rigorous program draws on tradition to spur achievement. By Mary Ann Zehr April 15, 2007 Ask Marilyn Begay why the Navajo-immersion school where she is a 5th grade teacher has fared well in meeting student-achievement goals under the No Child Left Behind Act, and she’ll say it’s because the school integrates Navajo language and culture into its curriculum. Put the same question to Maggie Benally, the school’s principal, and she’ll credit instruction driven by analysis of students’ test scores. The Navajo Language Immersion School—Tséhootsooí Diné Bi’ólta’, to use its Navajo name—made adequate yearly progress in all subgroups under the federal law last school year, Ms. Benally said, because “the teachers know exactly where their students are in terms of data.” Educators at the Navajo-immersion school, in which 71 percent of students are from low-income families, have embraced state academic standards and federal accountability requirements under the law through a school improvement plan. But the school also teaches standards for Navajo culture published by the tribe and operates a program intended to teach literacy and improve oral proficiency in Diné—the word Navajos use for their people and language. Read the entire article at http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2007/03/21/28navajo.h26.html? . |
| Source | Education Week |
| Inputdate | 2007-04-15 10:04:59 |
| Lastmodifieddate | 2007-04-15 10:04:59 |
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| Publishdate | 2007-04-16 00:00:00 |
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