Accounting for immigrant non-immigrant differences in reading and mathematics in twenty countries

Ethnic and Racial Studies

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 925-946

  Marks, Gary N ^a,b  

^a Australian Council for Educational Research   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cross national analyses; Cultural factors; Educational; Ethnic minorities; Immigrant students; outcomes; Program for International Student Achievement PISA ; Schools; Socio economic factors; Student achievement

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; ETHNIC MINORITY; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; LITERACY; MIGRANTS EXPERIENCE;

EID: 23144457608     PISSN: 01419870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01419870500158943     Document Type: Article

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