EJ515433 SO527045
Title:
Optimism and Achievement: The Educational Performance of Immigrant
Youth.
Author(s):: Kao, Grace; Tienda, Marta
Source: Social Science Quarterly, v76 n1 p1-19 Mar 1995
Publication Date: 1995
ISSN: 0038-4941
Language: English
Document Type: Information Analysis (070); Journal articles
(080); Reports--Research (143)
Journal Announcement: CIJAPR1996
Target Audience: Researchers; Policymakers
Contends that
increased immigration has posed whether assimilation benefits educational
achievement. Reports on a study that evaluates generational status
and scholastic performance of immigrants. Concludes that second-generation
youth are best positioned to achieve scholastically. (CFR)
Descriptors: *Academic Achievement; *Acculturation; Asian
Americans; Cultural Differences; Cultural Pluralism; *Ethnic Groups;
Foreign Nationals; Higher Education; Hispanic Americans; *Immigrants;
Intermediate Grades; *Limited English Speaking; Minority Groups;
*Social Change; United States History
Identifiers: *National Educational Longitudinal Study 1988
