*Literacy Squared Research Project

Literacy Squared is a research and intervention program designed for Spanish/English Emerging Bilinguals in Grades 1-5.  The focus of both the research and intervention is on biliteracy development in reading and writing and in examining the trajectory toward biliteracy of children in research schools and classrooms.  The research project is finishing its 5th year and longitudinal data, collected on  2,000 children,  indicate the Literacy Squared is a promising practice for enhancing literacy acquisition in both Spanish and English. The project has also developed specific reading and writing routines and strategies for use in this program.

Kathy Escamilla, Principal Investigator, University of Colorado, Boulder

Research Team

Lucinda Soltero-Gonzalez

Manuel Escamilla

Olivia Ruiz

Sue Hopewell

Sandra Butvilofsky

Wendy Sparrow