Immigrant Children’s Age at Arrival and Assessment Results

While a number of single-country studies have been done to explore whether or not there is a ”critical age” at which the arrival in a new country becomes a steep disadvantage to the immigrant student, this study aims to determine whether the steepness of the age-at-arrival/test score profile varies across origin or destination countries. As expected, the later the arrival, the greater the penalty. However results vary according to several factors, including language differences and whether the country of origin had higher or lower educational standards. Läs rapporten här (pdf)!