Grade level and achievement of immigrants' children: Academic redshirting in Hong Kong

Educational Research and Evaluation

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 405-425

  Pong, Suet ling ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic redshirting; Grade retention; Immigrant students; Nativity gap; PISA

Indexed keywords

EID: 75149197246     PISSN: 13803611     EISSN: 17444187     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13803610903087078     Document Type: Article

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