Can the performance gap between immigrant and non-immigrant students be closed?
The share of students with an immigrant background increased between 2003 and 2012, both in traditional and new destination countries. The performance difference in mathematics between immigrant and non-immigrant students decreased, on average, between 2003 and 2012. Differences in socio-economic ba...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Paris
OECD Publishing
2015
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| Series: | PISA in Focus
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| Collection: | OECD Books and Papers - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | The share of students with an immigrant background increased between 2003 and 2012, both in traditional and new destination countries. The performance difference in mathematics between immigrant and non-immigrant students decreased, on average, between 2003 and 2012. Differences in socio-economic background explain less than half of the performance difference in mathematics between immigrant and non-immigrant students |
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| Physical Description: | 4 p. 21 x 29.7cm |