Achievement of Immigrant Students in Mathematics and Academic Hebrew in Israeli School: A Large-Scale Evaluation Study

Autor/inn/en	Levin, Tamar; Shohamy, Elana
Titel	Achievement of Immigrant Students in Mathematics and Academic Hebrew in Israeli School: A Large-Scale Evaluation Study
Quelle	In: Studies in Educational Evaluation, 34 (2008) 1, S.1-14 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0191-491X
DOI	10.1016/j.stueduc.2008.01.001
Schlagwörter	Semitic Languages; Academic Achievement; Measures (Individuals); Foreign Countries; Educational Policy; Immigrants; Mathematics Achievement; Language of Instruction; Grade 5; Grade 9; Grade 11; Scores; Comparative Analysis; Evaluation Methods; Ethiopia; Israel; USSR + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Arabisch; Hebräisch; Schulleistung; Messdaten; Ausland; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Mathmatics sikills; Mathmatics achievement; Mathematical ability; Mathematische Kompetenz; Teaching language; Unterrichtssprache; School year 05; 5. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 05; School year 09; 9. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 09; School year 11; 11. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 11; Äthiopien
Abstract	This article reports findings obtained from a large-scale national study (299 schools; 2761 students) that examined academic achievements of immigrants in Israeli schools. It focused on two distinct groups of immigrant students--those from the former USSR and from Ethiopia, in two subject areas--mathematics and academic language (Hebrew), and in three grade levels--5, 9 and 11. The scores of the immigrant students and those of a parallel group of native-borns were compared and analyzed. The findings demonstrate differences in achievements between the groups. The scores also demonstrate that immigrants require a substantial number of years to reach achievement levels similar to those of students who were born in Israel in academic subjects, specifically, 5-7, 9 or 11 years in mathematics, and 5-7, 8 or 11 years in academic Hebrew, depending on the grade levels and the groups. The study discusses the implications of using large-scale evaluation of educational achievement for educational policy and evaluation designs. (Author).
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