and prior schooling experiences. Where do immigrant students come from? How many are new arrivals to the school system … students come from countries all over the world, speak a wide variety of languages, and present a range of educational needs … questions through a statistical portrait of the demographic characteristics and educational experiences of immigrant students in …

In New York City, elementary and middle school students speak a wide variety of languages in their homes (167) and come … proficient students who are and are not exposed to English at home. What are the differences in the characteristics and school … middle school students by English language proficiency and home language groups …

If students tend to choose instructors with high teaching ability, a negative link between class size and student …

mathematics and reading test scores, more so for non-LEP students than for LEP students. The overall language mix of LEP students … has little if any discernable relationship with achievement. For LEP students, having more LEP peers speak their mother …

rates in these schools is almost 11%. Almost 30% of the students who change schools go to a school of the same or worse …. We also analyze mobility of students to other schools of same or better quality. The results show that student's mobility … quality. Students with greater probabilities of changing to better performance (higher quality) schools are those pertaining …

This paper provides evidence of the effect of age at school entry on college admission and earnings. It does so by … applicants with different ages at school entry depending on whether they were born on December 31 or on January 1, our estimates …