A Human Capital Concern: The Literacy Proficiency of U.S. Immigrants. Policy Information Report

Autor/inn/en	Sum, Andrew; Kirsch, Irwin; Yamamoto, Kentaro
Institution	Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ. Policy Information Center.
Titel	A Human Capital Concern: The Literacy Proficiency of U.S. Immigrants. Policy Information Report
Quelle	(2004), (64 Seiten) PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Public Policy; Labor Market; Human Capital; Immigrants; Adults; Income; English (Second Language); Language Proficiency; Comparative Analysis; Native Speakers; Literacy; Scores; Testing + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Öffentliche Ordnung; Labour market; Arbeitsmarkt; Humankapital; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Einkommen; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Muttersprachler; Alphabetisierung; Schreib- und Lesefähigkeit; Testdurchführung; Testen
Abstract	This monograph provides a comprehensive description and analysis of the literacy proficiencies of the adult immigrant population (16-65 years old) in the U.S. in recent years and assesses their implications for the labor force behavior, employment, earnings, incomes, and civic behavior of the immigrant population. The first section will present a brief overview of the unprecedented increase in the nation's immigrant population over the past decade and its impact on the growth of the nation's resident population and civilian labor force. Some of the educational and English speaking deficits of these new immigrants will be briefly reviewed. The second section will describe and assess the literacy performance of the nation's immigrant population on each of the four literacy scales, compare their performance to that of the nation's native-born population, and review variations in the literacy performance of the immigrant population across educational subgroups, years spent studying English, and length of stay in the U.S. The third section will compare the literacy proficiencies of immigrants in the U.S. with those of their counterparts in 19 other high-income countries across the world and identify the percentile rankings of the test scores of the U.S. immigrant population along the literacy skills distribution for all adults in 20 high-income countries around the world. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	ETS Policy Information Center, Educational Testing Service, Rosedale Road, 19-R, Princeton, NJ 08541-0001. Tel: 609-734-5949; e-mail: pic@ets.org.
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10