Asian Americans as Model Minorities? A Look at Their Academic Performance
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11367232 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Grace Kao (0000-0002-2076-1056) |
| Year | 1995 |
| Volume | 103 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 121-159 |
| Publication date | 1995-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0195-6744 • E-ISSN: 1549-6511 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/444094 |
| OpenAlex | W1984361995 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 176 |
| References cited | 22 |
The image of Asian-Americans as "model minorities" is driven, in part, by the high academic achievement of Asian-American children. To evaluate this characterization, I use the National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88) to compare Asian and white eighth graders on reading and math test scores and grades. Results indicate that the difference between Asians overall and whites on reading and math test scores can be explained by differences in family background. However, analyses by Asian subgroups reveal that Chinese, Korean, and Southeast Asian youth earn higher math scores while Pacific Islanders earn considerably lower math and reading scores than their white counterparts. Whites and Asians differ substantially in their grade performance, which suggests that cultural and behavioral differences may be an important influence on grades. Analyses of Asian subgroups show no statistical difference between ethnic groups, although only Southeast Asians earn perceivably higher grades than whites after controlling for the effects of family characteristics
Academic achievement · Asian americans · Developmental psychology · Ethnic group · Pacific islanders · Reading (process · Sociology · Test (biology · Critical Race Theory in Education · Demography · Medicine · Parental Involvement in Education · Psychology · School Choice and Performance · Gerontology
Cultural-Developmental Perspective
Interpreting Cultural Variations in Cognitive Profiles
Bildungsaspirationen in Familien mit Migrationshintergrund
Sociology of Education
Extending Research on the Consequences of Parenting Style for Chinese Americans and European Americans
Parents' Aspirations and Investment
Barriers to School Involvement
Intersectionality
Closing the Social-Class Achievement Gap
Confucianism, Chinese Families, and Academic Achievement
Explaining Asian Americans’ academic advantage over whites
Cultural Explanations for Racial and Ethnic Stratification in Academic Achievement
Bildungsspezifisches Sozialkapital in einheimischen, türkischen und vietnamesischen Familien in Deutschland
The Effects of Ethnic Capital and Family Background on School Performance
The Academic Mobility of Students for Whom English is Not a First Language
English-Language Use Among Chinese Adolescent Immigrants
Disparities in the Educational Success of Immigrants
Immigrant Chinese Mothers’ Socialization of Achievement in Children
Historical Perspectives on Diverse Asian American Communities
The grasshopper and the ant
Understanding Asians’ Success in Pursuing and Completing STEM Degrees
Bias in online classes
Difference-Education Improves First-Generation Students’ Grades Throughout College and Increases Comfort With Social Group Difference
Understanding disparities
Educational Mobility of Second-generation Turks
Immigrant and Refugee Families
The Culture Trap
Does it matter if teachers and schools match the student? Racial and ethnic disparities in problem behaviors
Post-secondary Educational Attainment of Immigrant and Native Youth
Access is not enough
When Positive Stereotypes Threaten Intellectual Performance
Stereotype Susceptibility in Children
Asian-Americans' Earnings Disadvantage Reexamined
Subaltern Strategies and Agency
Revisiting The Culture Trap
The “Model Minority” Victim
Model Students, Model Citizens
Racial Differences in the Effects of Significant Others on Students' Educational Expectations
Factors Contributing to the Academic Excellence of American Jewish and Asian Students
Race, Cultural Capital, and Educational Resources
Educational Achievement, Language-Minority Students, and the New Second Generation
Educational Expectations of Asian American Youths
How Mythical Is the Model Minority Stereotype? Asian American Variations in Socioeconomic Achievement
Behind the scenes
The Biracial Asian-American Advantage at School Entry
Deconstructing hyper-selectivity
The influences of family background and structural factors on children’s academic performances
Family background, parenting practices, and child outcomes
Full Issue
South Asian Immigration and Education in the U.S
Depressive symptoms in South Asian, East Asian, and European Americans
The potential impact of violent victimization on somatic symptoms among Asian American adolescents
Model minority of a different kind? Academic competence and behavioral health of Chinese children adopted into White American families
Questioning the model minority
Comparing Supplementary Ethnic Schools and the Academic Achievement of Chinese Immigrant Students in Quebec and Flanders
Is Children’s Academic Performance Valuable to Parents? Linking Children’s Effort Vs. Results and Fathers’ Vs. Mothers’ Subjective Well-Being
Immigrant socioeconomic mobility in the United States
Social Isolation Among Racial/Ethnic Minority Immigrant Youth
Invisible and visible language planning
Navigating the educational pathway
Ethnicity, Religion, and Academic Preparedness
School Effects
The function of vertical and horizontal space to social group identity
The Home Environment and Asian Immigrant Children’s Early Literacy Skills
Educational Aspirations of Minority Youth
The Academic Success of East Asian American Youth
The Black-White Achievement Gap, Family-School Links, and the Importance of Place
Commentaries
Sex Differences in Educational Encouragement and Academic Achievement
Early mathematics achievement trajectories
Finessing the system
Understanding the role of schools in the Asian-white gap
Workplace discrimination predicting racial/ethnic socialization across African American, Latino, and Chinese families
Asian American college students as model minorities
What makes a high-quality preschool? Similarities and differences between Chinese immigrant and European American parents’ views
Home educational contexts of Asian American children
The Role of Father’s Occupation on Intergenerational Educational and Occupational Mobility
What happens in 650 multicultural primary classrooms
Racial and Ethnic Stratification in Educational Achievement and Attainment
Single-Sex School Girls Outperform Girls Attending a Co-Educative School in Mental Rotation Accuracy
Understanding the educational disparities between Han and Muslim Chinese
Educational expenditure of Asian American families
What Do They Usually Do After School
The Consequences of English Learner as a Category in Teaching, Learning, and Research
Examining Subgroup Differences in School Readiness and Math Achievement in Asian American Children Through the Opportunity-Propensity Model
A review of the model minority myth
Risk of High School Dropout among Immigrant and Native Hispanic Youth
More like Us
Calibrated Ambitions
Academic Performance of Young Children in Immigrant Families
Parental Influences on the Educational Outcomes of Immigrant Youth
Adult Social Capital and Track Placement of Ethnic Groups in Germany
The Ties That Bind
Comparing Achievement between K–8 and Middle Schools
Adolescents of New York City immigrant families
Mapping the Content of Asian Stereotypes in the United States
Planning for the American Dream
The influence of preschool rural migrant composition on rural migrant children’s early development in China
My parents did everything for us but nothing with us”
Why do minorities participate less? The effects of immigration, education, and electoral process on Asian American voter registration and turnout
The Learning gap
Family life and school achievement
The ethnic myth
Children of the Boat People
Equality of educational opportunity
Home Resources and Children's Achievement
Ethnic Identities and Patterns of School Success and Failure among Mexican-Descent and Japanese-American Students in a California High School
Black students' school success
Parent Involvement
Asian-American educational achievements
Family Background, Educational Resources, and Educational Attainment
Strangers From A Different Shore
Cultural Resources and School Success
Family Structure, Parental Practices and High School Completion
Education, Occupational Prestige, and Income of Asian Americans
Mothers' Strategies for Children's School Achievement
A Model for Academic Success
The Sociology of Adolescence
Equality of Educational Opportunity
Trends in Socioeconomic Achievement among Immigrant and Native-Born Asian-Americans, 1960-1976
The 'success' image of Asian Americans
| Unique citing works | 176 |
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| Citations per year | 5,68 |
| Citation span | 1995 - 2026 (32) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | Yes |
| Citation types | Neutral: 175 |