Grade level and achievement of immigrants' children: Academic redshirting in Hong Kong

Grade level and achievement of immigrants' children: Academic redshirting in Hong Kong

• Pong, Suet Ling Penn State University, University Park

Educational Research & Evaluation, 15(4), 405-425, 2009

Routledge

2009

• N Students & Student Services
  • NO Minorities & Immigrant Students
• L Educational Measurement & Evaluation
  • LE Public Examinations, Accreditation

Grading & Marking (Students) Educational Tests & Measurements Children of Immigrants Education -- Research Academic Achievement General Education Reading -- Ability Testing Programme for International Student Assessment Hong Kong China Academic Redshirting Grade Retention Immigrant Students Nativity Gap PISA

• Hong Kong

• 1997.7 onwards

• Unknown or Unspecified

Data from Hong Kong PISA 2003 show that 15-year-old Hong Kong students who have immigrant parents from mainland China are grossly overrepresented in grades below the modal grade attended by most native Hong Kong students. Same-age comparison, when grade level is not taken into account, puts immigrants' children at a disadvantaged position in the mathematics, reading, and science literacy tests. The academic advantage of immigrants' children in Hong Kong is only revealed after grade is statistically controlled. Also, mainland immigrant students who are repeaters outperform native Hong Kong repeaters. Immigrant redshirting is a possible driving force behind these results.
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• English

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• 13803611

• 10.1080/13803610903087078

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2010-11-28