Educational Research and Evaluation
Volume 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 405-425

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

Pong S.-L.
  • a Penn State University, University Park, PA, United States

Abstract

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. © 2009 Taylor & Francis.

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Immigrant students PISA Academic redshirting Grade retention Nativity gap

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https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-75149197246&doi=10.1080%2f13803610903087078&partnerID=40&md5=29fe9114d78e58145d738dc9b0de1794
DOI: 10.1080/13803610903087078
ISSN: 13803611
Cited by: 19
Original Language: English