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Baral, David P.

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Academic Achievement of Recent Immigrants from Mexico.

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Baral, David P. – NABE: The Journal for the National Association for Bilingual Education, 1979

Presents evidence contradicting previous findings regarding the relative academic superiority of recent Mexican immigrants over native-born Mexican Americans. Discusses the problem of the relative achievement levels of the two groups in the context of three possible explanations: socio-economic differences; teacher expectancy effect; and native…

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education, Comparative Analysis, Educational Policy