ERIC Number: EJ1125640
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017
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The Educational Performance of Immigrant Children at Czech Schools
Hána, David; Hasman, Jirí; Kostelecká, Yvona
Oxford Review of Education, v43 n1 p38-54 2017
The integration of immigrant children into the education system is a process that is accompanied by serious debate, especially in advanced countries, which have large shares of immigrants and a long history of immigration. The poorer educational outcomes of foreign-born children are largely explained there through their socio-economically disadvantaged background compared to the native-born population. This article examines whether the observations for those countries also apply to the Czech Republic--a country with a relatively short immigration history and immigration flows from different source countries than those in Western Europe. Regression analyses conducted on PISA 2012 data focusing largely on the maths skills of 15-year-olds reveal that the performance of immigrant children in Czech schools roughly compares to that of their counterparts in Western Europe. While their PISA outcomes were lower than those of Czechs, this was because immigrant children have poorer conditions at home or in the classroom.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Immigrants, Inclusion, Regression (Statistics), Adolescents, Achievement Tests, Secondary School Students, International Assessment, Academic Achievement, Socioeconomic Influences, Family Environment, Gender Differences, Institutional Characteristics, Student Characteristics, Educational Environment, At Risk Students
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Czech Republic
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Program for International Student Assessment
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