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[quote=Anonymous]By third grade the immersion kids take the same MAPS English reading test as kids in regular programs, so the data exists.  I don't know if they catch up by 2nd grade, but I don't think they're massively behind either.

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They refer to it as “El Milagro de Segundo Grado”. I guess what it means is the skill set for reading in Spanish magically transfers into English around the end of 2nd grade.

My 2nd grader is in full Spanish immersion (no English instruction and standardized testing is in Spanish) and he can read in English. We never taught him and he didn’t learn it at school.

His level of reading in English is probably lower than his peers, but not by a lot. We are told he will catch up by the end of elementary. I’m
Not worried.

We aren’t in MCPS though sorry![/quote]

What data does MCPS have to show that kids will catch up the end of 2nd grade?[/quote]

There is no data showing that because this is not true - except for precocious readers who were already reading English before K.   When we attended the immersion open house in the spring before K, we were told that everyone would catch up by middle school. 
We have a 3rd grader now who can read English but not quite at the level of his non-immersion peers, so that tracks. English is not formally taught in the immersion curriculum until 4th grade.  [/quote][/quote]

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