The vast majority of reading and language arts standards cover overall literacy skills that are not language-specific. For example, reading comprehension concepts such as sequencing, summary, character development, and author’s purpose are transferrable ideas from one language to another. Similarly, once a student learns math, science, and social studies concepts in Spanish, they easily transfer to their understanding because standards around geometry, biology, and citizenship, for example, are not tied to Spanish or English. Time is dedicated in the daily schedule to cover language-specific standards, generally around phonics, spelling, and grammatical conventions, in both languages. Instruction in both languages also develops vocabulary simultaneously so that our biliterate students can use their understanding of how language works to support their own progress in both English and Spanish. Our school’s standardized test results in both languages are comparable (see below), confirming what we know about transferability from research-based best practices in language immersion. Our “alums” have successfully transferred to all-English middle schools.