Generational Differences in Academic Achievement Among Immigrant Youths

• DOI: 10.3102/0034654315577680
• Publication Date: 2015-04-01T09:42:16Z
• Authors: Mylien T. Duong; Daryaneh Badaly; Freda F. Liu; David Schwartz; Carolyn A. McCarty
• Keywords: Moderation

Research on generational differences in immigrant youths’ academic achievement has yielded conflicting findings. This meta-analysis reconciles discrepant findings by testing meta-analytic moderators. Fifty-three studies provided 74 comparisons outcomes. First- and second-generation youths did not significantly differ (Hedges’s g = .01), students performed slightly better than third-or-later–generation peers (g .12). Moderation tests indicated that immigrants outperformed first-generation standardized .20) earned grades .20). Immigrant advantage was stronger for Asian, low-socioeconomic, community samples. may be overestimated use self-reported rather school-reported achievement. Together, our results suggest a small, heterogeneous varies population study characteristics.