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Powers, Jeanne M.; Pivovarova, Margarita – Educational Policy, 2017
The 2016 Presidential election and the first months of the Trump administration have propelled immigration to the center of U.S. political debates. We use data from the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2012 to provide insights into the school experiences of high school-age immigrants and their U.S.-born peers. Our findings…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Academic Achievement, International Assessment, High School Students
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Long, Daniel A. – Educational Policy, 2014
Educational reformers use international evidence to argue that increasing the number of days in school and the length of the school day will improve academic achievement. However, the international data used to support these claims (1999 Third International Math and Science Survey and 2000 Program for International Student Assessment) show no…
Descriptors: Time Factors (Learning), Extended School Year, Extended School Day, Academic Achievement