The Attitudes toward Bilingual Education (ABE) scale was validated with respect to its ability to discriminate between an explicitly defined group of proponents of bilingual education and a “persons-in-general” group of subjects. The obtained difference in measured attitudes were discussed within the framework of the societal implications of bilingual education programs.
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