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11 Immigrants at School

Immigrant Students at School Easing the Journey towards Integration

Andreas SchleicherDirector for Education and Skills

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22 Poverty is not destinyPISA Math skills of 15-year-olds by decile of social backgroundM

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Source: PISA 2012

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Are our schools prepared to help immigrant students integrate into their new communities?

Even before this latest influx, the population of immigrant students in OECD countries had been growing. In 2012, 11% of 15-year-old students had an immigrant background, on

average across OECD countries. Between 2003 and 2012, the share of immigrant students had grown by between 4 and 6 percentage points in Ireland, Italy and Spain

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4 Relationship between the percentage of immigrant students and a school system’s average performance in reading

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Percentage of 15-year-old immigrant students

PISA Score

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8

9

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7

No relationship between share of immigrant students and learning

outcomes(even after accounting for disadvantage)

No negative impact of increase in immigration on PISA performance

(2003-2012)

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High aspirations

In some countries the share of disadvantaged students who perform among the top quarter of all PISA students is larger among immigrant

students than among non-immigrantsMost immigrant students hold an ambition to succeed that matches, and

sometimes surpasses, the aspirations of families in their host country

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6 Disadvantaged students who are top performers

Mexico

Costa Rica

Jordan

Kazakh

stan

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d

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l

Malaysia

Norway

Spain

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nd

Austria

Israe

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via

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Serbia

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tenstein

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erland

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a

Australia

Macao-China

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30

40

50

60

70

80Immigrants Non-immigrants%

Percentage of disadvantaged students performing among the top quarter of all students in mathematics, by immigrant status

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7 Percentage of first-generation immigrant students with at least one parent as educated as the average parent of non-immigrant students in the host country

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There is remarkable cross-country variation in performance between immigrant students and

students without an immigrant background, even after accounting for socio-economic status

Immigrant students’ performance is more strongly (and negatively) associated with the concentration of socio-economic disadvantage in schools than with the concentration of immigrants or of students who speak a different language at home than the language in

which they are taught.

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9 Immigrant students’ performance in mathematicsM

exic

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Arge

ntina

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ce

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Chile

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ark

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First-generation Non-immigrant Second-generation

Mean score

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The culture and the education acquired before migrating have an impact on student

performance…

…but the country where students settle matters more

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Second generation immigrant students’ performance in mathematics, by country of origin and destination

Austria

Belgium

Switzerland

Germany

Denmark

Netherlands

Austria

Belgium

Switzerland

Germany

Denmark

Netherlands

370.0 390.0 410.0 430.0 450.0 470.0 490.0 510.0

First-generation immigrants' score, after accounting for socio-economic status

PISA score points in mathematics

2nd generation students from

Turkey in:

Country of origin and country of destination

1st generation students from

Turkey in:

First generation immigrant students’ performance in mathematics, by country of origin and destination

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Immigrant students’ performance in mathematics, by country of origin and destination

Australia

Macao-China

New Zealand

Hong Kong-China

Qatar

Finland

Denmark

United Arab Emirates

Netherlands

300 350 400 450 500 550 600

First-generation immigrants' score, after accounting for socio-economic status

PISA score points in mathematics

Students from Arabic-speak-

ing countries in:

Students from China in:

Denmark

Qatar

United Arab Emirates

Netherlands

Finland

50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90 95%

Percentage of students with an immigrant backgroundwho reported that they feel like they belong at school

Country of origin and country of destination

Students from Arabic-speak-

ing countries in:

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13Percentage of second-generation immigrant studentswho reported that they feel like they belong at school

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Belgium Braz

il

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hina

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coQata

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om

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land

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What the hosts think

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15Individual reports on whether the country is made a worse or better place to live by immigrants

Russian FederationPortugal

Slovak RepublicItaly

Czech RepublicHungary

FranceIsrael

BelgiumUnited Kingdom

SloveniaEstonia

LithuaniaAverageBulgaria

SpainGermany

SwitzerlandNetherlands

IrelandFinlandNorwayPoland

AlbaniaDenmarkSwedenIceland

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Mean score

Worse place Better place

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16Allow many or few immigrants from poorer countries outside of Europe

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4.002012 2000

Allow few

Allow many

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17Allow many/few immigrants of different or same race/ethnic group from majority

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4.0Same 2012 Different 2012Same 2000 Different 2000

Allow few

Allow many

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18Attitudes towards migrants based on perceptions of the state of the economy

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2.72

R² = 0.320016708049637

Bad for the economy

Good for the eco-nomy

Perceptions on the economic value of migrants

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19Attitudes towards migrants based on perceptions of the state of the education system

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R² = 0.255861973402958

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Enriched

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Extremely good

Perception of the state of the education system...

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The double disadvantage

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Score-point difference

Difference in mathematics performance between non-immigrant and immigrant students

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22Percentage of immigrant students in schools where at least half of the students are immigrants

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23Percentage of immigrant students who do not speak the language of assessment at home

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24Percentage of students who do not speak the language of assessment at home and who participate in at least two hours of training per week to improve their skills in the language of assessment

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All studentsBetween 0 and 4 years old when arrived10 years old or more when arrived

%

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25 Difference between first generation immigrant students and non-immigrant students in the likelihood of being enrolled in a vocational track

Uni

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First-generation immigrant students are more likely to at-tend a vocational study track

First-generation immigrant students are less likely to at-tend a vocational study track

4.76.5

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The importance of early integration

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27Reading performance of immigrant students, by attendance at pre-primary education

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28 Difference in the likelihood of having attended pre-primary education between immigrant students and non-immigrant students

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Odds ratio

Immigrant students are more likely to have at-tended pre-primary education

Immigrant students are less likely to have attended pre-

primary education

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Narrowing the performance gap

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30Change between 2003 and 2012 in mathematics performance, by immigrant background

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Score-point difference

Difference between non-immigrants and first-generation immigrant students

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31Change between 2003 and 2012 in mathematics performance, by immigrant background

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Percentage of lower secondary teachers indicating they have a high level of need for professional development in the area of teaching in a multicultural or multilingual setting.

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Sing

apor

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Nor

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and

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aysia

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Fran

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Teachers looking for help

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33Percentage of students in schools where the principal reports that ethnic diversity hinders learning

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Avantaged schools Disadvantaged schools All schools%

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Policy responses

Low impact on outcomes

High impact on outcomes

High cost/complexity Low cost/complexity

Money pits

Must haves

Low hanging fruits

Quick wins

Language integration

Early ECEC

Parent engagement

Building capacity

Limiting tracking and grade repetition

Limiting congregation in disadvantaged schools

Monitoring

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Policy responses

Low impact on outcomes

High impact on outcomes

High cost/complexity Low cost/complexity

Money pits

Must haves

Low hanging fruits

Quick wins

Language integration

Early ECEC

Parent engagement

Building capacity

Limiting tracking and grade repetition

Limiting congregation in disadvantaged schools

Monitoring

Students seem to acquire a new language faster when they are

immersed in that language from the outset, rather than placed in separate

language classes.Language tuition is beneficial, but only

when it is in addition to regular classroom instruction, such as in after-

school classes and during holiday breaks.

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Policy responses

Low impact on outcomes

High impact on outcomes

High cost/complexity Low cost/complexity

Money pits

Must haves

Low hanging fruits

Quick wins

Language integration

Early ECEC

Parent engagement

Building capacity

Limiting tracking and grade repetition

Limiting congregation in disadvantaged schools

Monitoring

If children enter such programmes at the age of 2 or 3 they have a chance of

starting school at almost the same level as non-immigrant children.

Targeted home visits can help families to support their child’s learning at home and can also ease entry into

appropriate education services

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Policy responses

Low impact on outcomes

High impact on outcomes

High cost/complexity Low cost/complexity

Money pits

Must haves

Low hanging fruits

Quick wins

Language integration

Early ECEC

Parent engagement

Building capacity

Limiting tracking and grade repetition

Limiting congregation in disadvantaged schools

Monitoring

While many classrooms are now filled with immigrants, the teachers in these

classrooms are often ill-prepared in pedagogical approaches for second-

language learning or in recognising and helping children overcome the effects of

trauma that many immigrant children endure.

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Policy responses

Low impact on outcomes

High impact on outcomes

High cost/complexity Low cost/complexity

Money pits

Must haves

Low hanging fruits

Quick wins

Language integration

Early ECEC

Parent engagement

Building capacity

Limiting tracking and grade repetition

Limiting congregation in disadvantaged schools

Monitoring

Schools that struggle to do well for domestic students struggle even more with a large population of immigrant.

Countries that distribute migrant students across a mix of schools achieve better outcomes for these students. A more

even distribution also relieves the pressure on schools and teachers when large numbers of immigrant students

arrive over a short period of time

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Policy responses

Low impact on outcomes

High impact on outcomes

High cost/complexity Low cost/complexity

Money pits

Must haves

Low hanging fruits

Quick wins

Language integration

Early ECEC

Parent engagement

Building capacity

Limiting tracking and grade repetition

Limiting congregation in disadvantaged schools

Monitoring

While teachers are critical to migrant students’ success in schools, so are their parents. Students do better when their parents understand the importance of

schooling, how the school system works, and how best to support their child’s

progress through school.

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Policy responses

Low impact on outcomes

High impact on outcomes

High cost/complexity Low cost/complexity

Money pits

Must haves

Low hanging fruits

Quick wins

Language integration

Early ECEC

Parent engagement

Building capacity

Limiting tracking and grade repetition

Limiting congregation in disadvantaged schools

MonitoringTargeted funding

While ability grouping, grade repetition and tracking reinforce social background for non-immigrant students, immigrant

students are even more likely to be affected by these practices. Language

difficulties and cultural differences can be misinterpreted as lack of ability and

potential.

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