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Dornbusch, Sanford M.; And Others – 1987
This report, part of a larger study of the impact of family structures and processes on the social and academic performance of American high school students, focuses on Asian- and Pacific-American high school achievement. The following findings are reported: (1) Asian-Americans and Pacific-Americans exhibit very different patterns in school…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Acculturation, Asian Americans, Child Rearing
Nakanishi, Don T., Ed.; Nishida, Tina Yamano, Ed. – 1995
In recent years a body of research has begun to emerge to document, analyze, and offer practical suggestions and policy-oriented recommendations on the contemporary and historical educational experiences and issues of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. Among the many factors that contributed to the prior neglect of these issues was the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Asian Americans, Cultural Differences, Educational Experience
Ima, Kenji; Labovitz, Eugene M. – 1991
The differential effects of language proficiency on standardized test performance of elementary school students (grades 4 through 6 are examined for the San Diego (California) Unified School District. Ethnicity is examined as a mediating variable circumscribing the relationship between language proficiency and test performance. Test performance is…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Acculturation, Anglo Americans, Asian Americans