Academic success of East Asian immigrants overshadows struggles of others
The success of its immigrant students has made Canada a darling on the world stage, the only country with a high proportion of newcomers to rank near the top on international tests…
The stellar performance of East Asian students, those of Chinese background in particular, has lifted immigrant scores on the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development’s tests of 15-year-olds in math, science and reading, and obscured the fact that Hispanic and Caribbean students are slipping through the cracks.
But a distinctly Canadian squeamishness about gathering data based on ethnic and national origin means there’s a paucity of information to help understand the problem – just scattered hints that something isn’t right.