TY - JOUR
T1 - Achievement of immigrant students in mathematics and academic Hebrew in Israeli school
T2 - A large-scale evaluation study
AU - Levin, Tamar
AU - Shohamy, Elana
PY - 2008/3
Y1 - 2008/3
N2 - This article reports findings obtained from a large-scale national study (299 schools; 2761 students) that examined academic achievements of immigrants in Israeli schools. It focused on two distinct groups of immigrant students - those from the former USSR and from Ethiopia, in two subject areas - mathematics and academic language (Hebrew), and in three grade levels - 5, 9 and 11. The scores of the immigrant students and those of a parallel group of native-borns were compared and analyzed. The findings demonstrate differences in achievements between the groups. The scores also demonstrate that immigrants require a substantial number of years to reach achievement levels similar to those of students who were born in Israel in academic subjects, specifically, 5-7, 9 or 11 years in mathematics, and 5-7, 8 or 11 years in academic Hebrew, depending on the grade levels and the groups. The study discusses the implications of using large-scale evaluation of educational achievement for educational policy and evaluation designs.
AB - This article reports findings obtained from a large-scale national study (299 schools; 2761 students) that examined academic achievements of immigrants in Israeli schools. It focused on two distinct groups of immigrant students - those from the former USSR and from Ethiopia, in two subject areas - mathematics and academic language (Hebrew), and in three grade levels - 5, 9 and 11. The scores of the immigrant students and those of a parallel group of native-borns were compared and analyzed. The findings demonstrate differences in achievements between the groups. The scores also demonstrate that immigrants require a substantial number of years to reach achievement levels similar to those of students who were born in Israel in academic subjects, specifically, 5-7, 9 or 11 years in mathematics, and 5-7, 8 or 11 years in academic Hebrew, depending on the grade levels and the groups. The study discusses the implications of using large-scale evaluation of educational achievement for educational policy and evaluation designs.
KW - Achievement evaluation
KW - Immigrant achievements
KW - Immigration
KW - Language testing
KW - Mathematics Literacy
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=40649116120&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.stueduc.2008.01.001
DO - 10.1016/j.stueduc.2008.01.001
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AN - SCOPUS:40649116120
SN - 0191-491X
VL - 34
SP - 1
EP - 14
JO - Studies in Educational Evaluation
JF - Studies in Educational Evaluation
IS - 1
ER -
