About the Research

Emergent Bilingual Report

E3 Alliance launched the Emergent Bilingual Steering Committee to better understand the barriers emergent bilingual students face and identify research-backed strategies to address them.

Over three years, E3 Alliance worked with Central Texas education and community partners to conduct quantitative and qualitative research, analyze findings, and develop recommendations for action.

Participating districts also used the research to identify areas for improvement and test strategies to better support emergent bilingual students. Together, the data, educator and student perspectives, and district experiences informed the findings and recommendations we presented in the report. 

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Emergent Bilingual Report

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Emergent Bilingual Recommendations

Research-backed recommendations offer practical steps to help districts and school staff, community partners, and families strengthen support for emergent bilingual students.
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Emergent Bilingual Family Recommendations in English and Spanish

Research-backed recommendations offer practical steps to help families strengthen support for their emergent bilingual students.
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Executive Summary – Emergent Bilingual Report

A concise overview of E3 Alliance research, key findings, and recommendations to strengthen academic and postsecondary pathways for emergent bilingual students.
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Resumen Ejecutivo – Informe sobre Estudiantes Bilingües Emergentes

E3 Alliance estableció el Comité Directivo de Bilingüismo Emergente en el año 2022 para comprender mejor las barreras que enfrentan los alumnos bilingües emergentes a lo largo de su trayectoria educativa.

Thank You

Thank You

E3 Alliance thanks the Greater Texas Foundation for its generous support of this work. We also recognize the Emergent Bilingual Steering Committee members who contributed to this research. By investing their time, sharing strategies, and testing new approaches across districts and campuses, they helped turn research into practical action. 

  • Austin ISD
  • Del Valle ISD
  • Hays CISD
  • Lake Travis ISD
  • Lockhart ISD
  • Manor ISD
  • Pflugerville ISD
  • Con Mi MADRE
  • Latinitas
  • Region 13 Education Service Center
  • Texas State University
  • The University of Texas at Austin
  • Todos Juntos Learning Center
May 2026 Reporting Event
Founding members join families from their communities to review the research findings.