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ERIC Number: EJ565800
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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ISSN: ISSN-0038-0407
Toward Explaining Differences in Educational Achievement among Mexican American Language-Minority Students.
Rumberger, Russell W.; Larson, Katherine A.
Sociology of Education, v71 n1 p68-92 Jan 1998
Documents the extent of differences in educational achievement among a cohort of Mexican-American students in a large, urban middle school. Analyzes this information using two theoretical perspectives, socioeconomic and sociocultural, and a conceptual framework of the roles of social and academic behavior on educational achievement. (MJP)
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Educational Attainment, Educational Background, English (Second Language), Junior High Schools, Language Minorities, Mexican American Education, Mexican Americans, Middle Schools, Student Characteristics
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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