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Version 1.2 – Updated June 2023

Immigrant status

Overview

  • Influence: Immigrant status
  • Domain: Home
  • Sub-Domain: Family resources
  • Potential to Accelerate Student Achievement: Likely to have a small positive impact
  • Influence Definition: The immigration status of students and/or their parents.

Evidence

  • Number of meta-analyses: 2
  • Number of studies: 104
  • Number of students: 224,197
  • Number of effects: 125
  • Weighted mean effect size: 0.05
  • Robustness index: 2

Meta-Analyses

Meta-Analyses
Journal Title Author First Author's Country Article Name Year Published Variable Number of Studies Number of Students Number of Effects Effect Size
European Psychologist Dimitrova, Chasiotis, & van de Vijver Sweden Adjustment outcomes of immigrant children and youth in Europe: A meta-analysis. 2018 Immigrant children on achievement 51 224,197 51 0.09
Review of Educational Research Duong, Badaly, Liu, Schwartz, McCarty USA Generational differences in academic achievement among immigrant youths: A meta-analytic 2016 Recent vs previous generation immigrants 53 0 74 0.01
TOTAL/AVERAGE 104 224,197 125 0.05
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