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Academic performance of immigrant students : roles of generation status, race/ethnicity, and school environment
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Author		Chang, Qigui
ISBN/ISSN		0542013185
Broad Subject		Education Sociology
Summary		Immigrant children are the fastest growing segment of the U.S. population. It is extremely important to understand how immigrant children fare in education. Using nationally representative data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health), this dissertation studies the multitude of factors that affect immigrant high school students' educational performance. Multi-level modeling is used to test a number of hypotheses. The straight-line assimilation hypothesis and the immigrant optimism hypothesis are rejected. The segmented assimilation theory is strongly supported. There is evidence supporting the forms of capital perspective and the social capital theory. Evidence concerning the central tendency hypothesis is inconclusive. Immigration generation status itself does not have significant effects on students' school performance. Asian immigrant students outperform their Hispanic counterparts, which cannot be completely explained by other factors examined in this research. Personal characteristics and family socioeconomic status exert more influence on high school students' performance than social capital and school level variables do.
Language		English
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