Can schools help to integrate immigrants?

Only in some countries is a larger proportion of immigrant students in schools related to lower student performance - and this relationship is mostly explained by the concentration of disadvantaged students in these schools. Immigrant students from the same country of origin and similar socio-econom...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Paris OECD Publishing 2015
Series:PISA in Focus
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Collection: OECD Books and Papers - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:Only in some countries is a larger proportion of immigrant students in schools related to lower student performance - and this relationship is mostly explained by the concentration of disadvantaged students in these schools. Immigrant students from the same country of origin and similar socio-economic background often perform differently in different school systems. There is a strong connection between the performance of immigrants at school and their education and labour market outcomes as young adults
Physical Description:4 p. 21 x 29.7cm