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title: Portland Immersion Students Become Better Readers, English Speakers
description: Portland Immersion Students Become Better Readers, English Speakers
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# [Portland Immersion Students Become Better Readers, English Speakers](https://blog.hwis.org/portland-immersion-students-become-better-readers-english-speakers)

 Written by [HWIS](https://blog.hwis.org/author/hwis) | Feb 1, 2019 2:25:00 PM

From OR Public Broadcast News:

Students in Portland’s language immersion programs become better readers than their counterparts in other schools, according to a [new study](http://res.cloudinary.com/bdy4ger4/image/upload/v1446848442/DLI_Year_4_Summary_Nov2015v3_1_jwny3e.pdf) called “Study of Dual-Language Immersion in the Portland Public Schools.”

Read more:

[http://www.opb.org/news/article/study-portland-immersion-students-become-better-readers-english-speakers/](http://www.opb.org/news/article/study-portland-immersion-students-become-better-readers-english-speakers/)

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