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Language Characteristics and Academic Achievement
This report examines the demographic and language characteristics and educational aspirations of Asian American and Hispanic American eighth graders and relates that information to their mathematical ability and reading comprehension as measured by an achievement test. Special attention is paid to students who come from homes in which a non-English language is spoken. The report uses information selected from the National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88). The NELS:88 administered questionnaires and tests to a national sample of 25,000 eighth grade students in over 1,000 public and private schools in spring 1988. A second data collection was conducted in spring 1990. Of the 1,50...
National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988
The study described in this report examined the characteristics of eighth-grade students who were at risk of school failure. The study used data from the National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988, which is a large-scale, national longitudinal study begun in the spring of 1988 when 25,000 eighth graders attending public and private schools across the nation were surveyed along with the students' parents, teachers, and school principals. The students were re-surveyed in 1990, and the base year and follow-up data of NELS:88 taken together provide a wealth of information about eighth graders' as they move in and out of the U.S. school system and into the varied activities of early adolescenc...
Hispanics' Schooling
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Hispanics' Schooling
A report on the nature and extent of the school dropout problem among Hispanics &, which Hispanic students are most at risk of dropping out. An analysis of who drops out should be helpful in developing strategies for preventive actions to reduce the dropout rate. But quite different strategies may be needed to help those who have already dropped out so, there is additional information on the barriers young Hispanics dropouts face in resuming their high school education. The Hispanic school dropout rate for 1990 was very high -- 30%; the comparable rate for non-Hispanic blacks was 18%, and for non-Hispanic whites, it was 10%. Charts and tables.
