Educational achievement of immigrant-origin and native students: A comparative analysis informed by institutional theory

Abstract

With some important exceptions, immigrants tend to lag behind native students in terms of educational attainment and academic achievement. Prior research has focused on two individual-level explanations for the educationally disadvantaged position of immigrant students.

Citation

Buchmann, C. and Parrado, E.A. (2006), "Educational achievement of immigrant-origin and native students: A comparative analysis informed by institutional theory", Baker, D.P. and Wiseman, A.W. (Ed.) The Impact of Comparative Education Research on Institutional Theory (International Perspectives on Education and Society, Vol. 7), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 335-366. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1479-3679(06)07014-9