Selective Immigration Policies as Screening Devices and the Immigrant-Native Educational Achievement Gap

Autor/in	Sakellariou, Chris
Titel	Selective Immigration Policies as Screening Devices and the Immigrant-Native Educational Achievement Gap
Quelle	In: Educational Research and Evaluation, 24 (2018) 6-7, S.394-416 (23 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1380-3611
DOI	10.1080/13803611.2018.1549998
Schlagwörter	Immigrants; Immigration; Public Policy; Academic Achievement; Achievement Gap; Comparative Education; Institutional Characteristics; Foreign Countries; Achievement Tests; Secondary School Students; International Assessment; Mathematics Achievement; Cross Cultural Studies; Reading Achievement; Peer Groups; Study Habits; Parent Aspiration; Family Characteristics; Student Characteristics; Comparative Analysis; Transfer of Training; Adjustment (to Environment); Singapore; Canada; Australia; New Zealand; Program for International Student Assessment + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Öffentliche Ordnung; Schulleistung; Vergleichende Erziehungswissenschaft; Ausland; Achievement test; Achievement; Testing; Test; Tests; Leistungsbeurteilung; Leistungsüberprüfung; Leistung; Testdurchführung; Testen; Sekundarschüler; Mathmatics sikills; Mathmatics achievement; Mathematical ability; Mathematische Kompetenz; Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; Leseleistung; Gleichaltrigengruppe; Peer Group; Study behavior; Study behaviour; Studienverhalten; Elternwille; Training; Transfer; Ausbildung; Singapur; Kanada; Australien; Neuseeland
Abstract	The literature on the immigrant-native educational achievement gap is suggestive of a better performance of immigrant students in countries practising selective immigration policies. However, the origin of such differences has not been investigated. I considered both important observed characteristics as well as the role of unobservables in the formation of immigrant-native achievement differences in 4 selective immigration countries. I found that, if the comparison is between selective immigration countries as a group and other European/Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries, immigrant students in selective immigration countries perform better. However, the results are heterogeneous and different conclusions apply to each of the 4 countries. The findings are discussed in the context of successful immigration policies as screening devices, which induce a self-selection of immigrants with transferable and adaptive skills. Potentially important are also institutional differences with respect to how inclusionary and conducive to the integration of immigrants into the host country policies are. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01