Immigrant Students at School (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9789264249493)

How school systems respond to immigration has an enormous impact on the economic and social well-being of all members of the communities they serve, whether they have an immigrant background or not. Immigrant Students at School: Easing the Journey towards Integration reveals some of the difficulties immigrant students encounter and some of the contributions they offer as they settle into their new communities and new schools. Results from the OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) indicate that students with an immigrant background tend to perform worse in school than students without an immigrant background. Several factors are associated with this disparity, including the concentration of disadvantage in the schools immigrant students attend, language barriers and certain school policies, like grade repetition and tracking, that can hinder immigrant students progress through school.

Author: Oecd
ISBN-10: 9264249494
ISBN-13: 9789264249493
Publisher: OECD
Language: English
Published: 02/11/2016
Pages: 124
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 11.00h x 8.25w x 0.26d