Where Immigrant Students Succeed : A Comparative Review of Performance and Engagement in Pisa 2003

by Stanat, Petra; Christensen, Gayle

• ISBN13: 9789264023604
• ISBN10: 9264023607
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-11-30
• Publisher: Brookings Inst Pr

Summary

Successful integration of immigrant populations is essential for ensuring social cohesion in immigrant receiving nations. Immigrants bring a wealth of human capital which, if nurtured carefully, can positively contribute to economic well-being and cultural diversity of the host country. Yet, tapping into this potential remains a major challenge for policy makers. What barriers exist for young immigrants today? Can school contribute to reducing those barriers and in turn help young immigrants succeed in their adopted country?

Table of Contents

Foreword	3	(4)
Executive Summary	7	(6)
Reader's Guide	13	(2)
Countries' Immigration Histories and Populations	15	(14)
Introduction	16	(1)
Immigration and integration	17	(1)
Immigration histories and general approaches to immigration and integration	18	(3)
Immigrant populations	21	(3)
Research questions addressed in the report	24	(1)
Immigrant students in the PISA sample	25	(4)
Performance of Immigrant Students in Pisa 2003	29	(28)
Introduction	30	(1)
Immigrant student performance in the OECD and partner countries	30	(16)
Performance of immigrant students and the language spoken at home	46	(3)
Performance of immigrant students and gender	49	(1)
Performance of immigrant students in the context of migration trends in the receiving country	49	(5)
Conclusions	54	(3)
Background Characteristics, Mathematics Performance and Learning Environments of Immigrant Students	57	(26)
Introduction	58	(2)
Immigrant families' educational and socio-economic background	60	(4)
Relationships between performance differences and differences in educational and socio-economic background among immigrant and non-immigrant student groups	64	(5)
Disparities specifically related to students' immigrant status	69	(2)
Differences between immigrant and native students within and between schools	71	(8)
Summary and conclusions	79	(4)
Immigrant Students' Approaches to Learning	83	(34)
Introduction	84	(4)
Students' interest and motivation in mathematics	88	(9)
Students' self-related beliefs	97	(6)
Emotional dispositions in mathematics	103	(1)
Students' attitudes towards and perceptions of schools	104	(6)
Summary of differences between immigrant and non-immigrant students in learning characteristics	110	(4)
Conclusions	114	(3)
Policies and Practices to Help Immigrant Students Attain Proficiency in the Language of Instruction	117	(40)
Introduction	118	(1)
PISA 2003 supplementary survey on national policies and practices to help immigrant students attain proficiency in the language of instruction	118	(3)
Policies and practices designed to help newly arrived immigrant adults attain proficiency in the case countries' official language(s)	121	(7)
Assessment of language proficiency in pre-primary (ISCED 0) and primary (ISCED 1) education	128	(1)
Language support for immigrant students in pre-primary education (ISCED 0)	129	(2)
Language support for immigrant students in primary education (ISCED 1) and lower secondary education (ISCED 2)	131	(3)
Country descriptions of language support measures in primary (ISCED 1) and lower secondary (ISCED 2) education	134	(11)
Supplementary classes to improve proficiency in immigrant students' native languages	145	(8)
Additional school resources	153	(1)
Summary and conclusions	153	(4)
REFERENCES	157
ANNEX A
Annex A1: Technical Background	165	(8)
Annex A2: Summary Descriptions of the Five Levels of Reading Proficiency	173	(2)
ANNEX B
Annex B1: Data Tables for Chapters 1, 2, 3 and 4	175	(44)
ANNEX C
Annex C1: The Development and Implementation of Pisa -- A Collaborative Effort	219