language skills

[Nancy Frishberg]

I agree with Ronnie's understanding that the schools do not want to be
compared.

Here's another hypothesis:   the oral schools can skew the results in that
students who are not progressing well are counseled out.  Oral schools
these days are all private schools, and can choose their population (from
among those who start), and thus self-select for individuals with aptitude
for oral-aural success.  So, while you want to look at success among middle
school or older kids, you won't get a full population unless you look at
entering primary students, who won't have had enough input to show much
language behavior.


Nancy Frishberg  +1 650.654.1948  nancyf at fishbird.com