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Culture and Education
Cultura y Educación
Volume 31, 2019 - Issue 1
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RESEARCH REPORTS / INFORMES DE INVESTIGACIÓN

Performance factors and immigration. Impact of individual and school variables / Factores de rendimiento e inmigración. Impacto de variables individuales y escolares

Pages 1-30 | Received 02 Jun 2017, Accepted 20 Nov 2018, Published online: 04 Feb 2019
 

Abstract

The way schools address migratory movements has a direct impact on integration and social cohesion, making the in-depth study of factors that affect the lower performance of immigrant students in comparison with non-immigrants essential. Using a methodology based on random coefficient models, this paper analyses the differential effect of individual level and school level variables on the estimation of mathematical competence in non-immigrant and immigrant populations. Data are extracted from an educational assessment programme carried out in the Basque Autonomous Community. The sample consists of 16,981 students with an average age of 13.7 years, of which 1,369 are immigrant students. The results reveal that individual and family-level variables show significantly higher impact on student performance than school-level variables. The article concludes by emphasizing the importance of investing in policies to support diversity that work at family level, as a means to achieve fuller equity.

Resumen

La repercusión sobre la integración y cohesión social que tiene la respuesta de las escuelas al movimiento migratorio obliga a estudiar en profundidad los factores que afectan al menor rendimiento del alumno inmigrante frente al alumno no-inmigrante. Utilizando una metodología basada en los modelos de coeficientes aleatorios y sobre datos poblacionales referidos a la Comunidad Autónoma del País Vasco, este trabajo analiza el efecto diferencial de variables de nivel individual y de nivel escolar sobre la estimación de la competencia matemática en población no-inmigrante e inmigrante. La muestra está formada por 16,981 estudiantes con una media de edad de 13.7 años de los cuales 1,369 son alumnos inmigrantes. Los resultados revelan que las variables individuales y familiares tienen una relación significativamente mayor con el rendimiento del alumno inmigrante que las variables asociadas con las características del centro. Se concluye la importancia de invertir en políticas de apoyo a la diversidad que trabajen en el nivel familiar como medio para alcanzar la equidad.

Acknowledgements / Agradecimentos

This study has been carried out within project PSI 2014-54020 funded by the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness and GIU project 15/24 funded by UPV/EHU. / Esta investigación se ha realizado dentro del proyecto PSI 2014-54020 subvencionado por el Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad y el proyecto GIU 15/24 subvencionado por la UPV/EHU.

Disclosure statement / Declaración de divulgación

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author. / Los autores no han referidoningún potencial conflicto de interés en relación con este artículo.

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