This is the Website of

Kathryn Lindholm Leary, Ph.D.

Short Bio Statement

Kathryn Lindholm-Leary received her Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology at UCLA, where she worked at the Spanish Speaking Mental Health Research Center and the Center for Language Education and Research.  She is currently a professor of Child and Adolescent Development at San Jose State University, where she has taught for 19 years.  At San Jose State, Kathryn received a Teacher-Scholar award, was a finalist for the President’s Scholar award, and was a San Jose State nominee for the prestigious Wang Family Excellence award.  Her research interests focus on understanding the cognitive, language, psychosocial, and societal factors that influence student achievement, with a particular emphasis on culturally and linguistically diverse students. 

Dr. Lindholm-Leary has worked with two-way immersion and other bilingual programs for the past 20 years and during that time has evaluated over 30 programs and helped to establish programs in over 50 school districts in 10 states. Dr. Lindholm-Leary has the most comprehensive longitudinal data on bilingual students, particularly students in two-way programs, in the country.  She regularly consults with various state departments of education, including the California State Department of Education and also the US Department of Education.  She has authored or co-authored four books and many chapters and journal articles on the topics of dual language education and child bilingualism and has presented her findings at over 100 local, state, national and international conferences.  Her research was also used by previous U.S. Secretary of Education Richard Riley to establishing Title VII funding and program priorities for two-way immersion programs, and has been cited in the Congressional Record.

Other Info:  Previous research in the 1980's includes: studies of young bilingual children (ages 2-5) -- see articles below; studies of ethnic differences in child abuse in Los Angeles County.

Kathy lives with her retired husband Dave, her 2 yellow labs and 1 cat.  She has one son, Diego, and one stepdaughter, Jessie.

Purpose of Website

The purpose of this website is to provide some background information about me, access to some of my publications and handouts so they can be downloaded and printed, and links to other sites where there is information on two-way/dual language programs.

Information about Dr. Lindholm Leary		Books and Presentations
Contact Information		Publications
click here or email klindholmleary@mac.com		Dual Language Education
Business phone: (650) 851-9678		This book provides the conceptual background for the program and discusses
fax: (650) 851-9670		major implementation issues. Research findings summarize language proficiency
Office: Child and Adolescent Development San Jose State University		and achievement outcomes from 8000 students at 20 schools, along with
San Jose, CA 95192-0075		teacher and parent attitudes. **Publisher's Website**
Go to Condensed Vita		Profiles in Two-Way Immersion Education
		This book presents three case studies of two-way immersion programs that vary in model design. The final chapter discusses findings across the three programs and offers implications for program design and planning.**Publisher's Website**
Resources on Dual Language Programs		Biliteracy for a Global Society: An Idea Book on Dual Language Education
For directories, publications, and information on two-way programs, contact:		This booklet provides a very reader friendly discussion of dual language education,
Center for Applied Linguistics		including key features, different models, effectiveness, and considerations in
National Clearinghouse on English Language Acquisition		model design. **Publisher's Website**
California Department of Education California Association for Bilingual Education National Association for Bilingual Education		Review of Research and Best Practices in Dual Language Education This review of research and best practices was written to serve as a background and companion for the document Guiding Principles for Dual Language Education , which is intended to help guide Dual Language Programs with planning and ongoing implementation. These principles are based in large part on the Dual Language Program Standards developed by Dual Language Education of New Mexico (www.duallanguagenm.org). The companion Guiding Principles document can be found at www.cal.org/twi .
Presentations & Handouts Click on this link to download presentations and handouts in pdf format		Evaluator's Toolkit for Dual Language Programs   NEW The purpose of this Toolkit is to assist staff in programs that serve ELL students (with a particular reference to two-way/dual language programs) to understand how to meet assessment and accountability guidelines.  More specifically, this Toolkit contains: Specific guidelines on developing an appropriate evaluation plan, with goals and objectives for the type of dual language program being implemented; Discussion of data collection instruments, with an examination of multiple measures -- with links to various instruments that have been developed or used in dual language programs; Information about how to set up a data management system, with simple-to-follow instructions, and downloadable Excel spreadsheets and codebooks; Information about how to analyze, interpret, and present data, including step-by-step instructions for typical analyses using the statistical software SPSS and for setting up common graphs in PowerPoint; Glossary of terms and acronyms used in the Toolkit (and which are common in language education); Appendix with data collection instruments, and with research data from various research projects on dual language programs to allow schools to make comparisons with larger datasets.  The Toolkit will soon be available at www.cal.org/twi .  (Be sure to download the correct one; there is another toolkit there)
		Various Articles on Dual Language Programs   NEWLY ADDED Click on this link to download articles in pdf format