Researchers are unsure whether the superior academic achievement of Asian Americans results from the degree of acculturation to the dominant group, or from distinct cultural values and socialization. This paper examines the relationship between Asian American achievement and their socioeconomic status, attitudes, and ethnicity. (Author/GC)

This study suggests that Asian American twelfth grade students possess a more ongoing positive reevaluation of the process of education than do Puerto Rican American twelfth grade students. Puerto Rican students, unlike Asian American students, do not as yet view school achievement as important. (Author/AM)