Grade retention among immigrant children

Social Science Research

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 129-156

  Tillman, Kathryn Harker ^a   Guo, Guang ^b   Harris, Kathleen Mullan ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic outcomes; Adaptation; Adolescents; Asian Americans; Assimilation; Children; First generation; Grade retention; Hispanic Americans; Immigrants

Indexed keywords

EID: 28844488351     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2004.07.001     Document Type: Article

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