7 Portraits of Improvers

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1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Tables vi
4. Figures vii
5. Introduction: The Long View on Immigrant Students 1
6. 1 Academic Engagement and Performance 30
7. 2 Networks of Relationships 55
8. 3 Less-Than-Optimal Schools 88
9. 4 The Challenge of Learning English 146
10. 5 Portraits of Declining Achievers 167
11. 6 Portraits of Low Achievers 228
12. 7 Portraits of Improvers 261
13. 8 Portraits of High Achievers 296
14. Conclusion: Immigration Policy Dilemmas 359
15. Notes 379
16. References 394
17. Acknowledgments 414
18. Index 419