New Demography of America's Schools: Immigration and the No Child Left Behind Act

Author: 
Capps, Randy, Michael Fix, Julie Murray, Jason Ost, Jeffrey S. Passel, and Shinta Herwantoro
Year: 
2005
Publisher: 
Urban Institute
Publication Location: 
Washington, D.C.
Description: 

This study provides a detailed demographic portrait from the 2000 Census on the rapid growth of immigrant children, who often belong to one of the "protected classes" of the No Child Left Behind Act because they are LEP, low income, and/or a member of a racial or ethnic minority group. It presents information on children of immigrants, LEP children, and children of immigrants in low-income families; how family income and parental education interact with linguistic proficiency and isolation; and the characteristics of children of Latino, Asian, and black immigrants, with comparisons among children with parents from different countries.

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