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Running head: ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AMONG HMONG STUDENTS 1
ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AMONG HMONG STUDENTS IN CALIFORNIA:
A QUANTITATIVE AND COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS
by
Sue Lee
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE USC ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
DOCTOR OF EDUCATION
May 2014
Copyright 2014 Sue Lee
Object Description
| Title | Academic achievement among Hmong students in California: a quantitative and comparative analysis |
| Author | Lee, Sue |
| Author email | suelee@usc.edu;suelee112@gmail.com |
| Degree | Doctor of Education |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Education (Leadership) |
| School | Rossier School of Education |
| Date defended/completed | 2013-09-20 |
| Date submitted | 2014-02-07 |
| Date approved | 2014-02-07 |
| Restricted until | 2014-02-07 |
| Date published | 2014-02-07 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Hocevar, Dennis |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Shakhbagova, Julietta Symonds, Patricia |
| Abstract | This quantitative study compared Hmong high school students’ scores in English language arts (ELA) and mathematics on the 2010 California Standards Tests (CST) to the scores of other racial/ethnic student subgroups at the state level. The study further examined whether an achievement gap exists between the Hmong student subgroup and other comparable student subgroups within the same school districts while controlling for socioeconomic status, English language acquisition status, and parent education level. ❧ California state level data were used to compare the CST ELA and CST math mean scores for 12 major subgroups for this study. For a more accurate comparison of student subgroups receiving the same curriculum and academic resources, data within 14 California school districts that reported having tested a considerable Hmong student population were further examined. Using data from the 14 school districts, the racial/ethnic student subgroups’ mean performance tiered scores and mean scaled scores on the CST ELA and CST mathematics were reported by grade level, and then again with the control variables. Lastly, Cohen's d was used to measure the effect sizes. ❧ The analysis and effect sizes indicated that a comparable achievement gap exists between the Hmong student subgroup and other racial/ethnic student subgroups. Specifically, Hmong students in California did not perform well compared to the majority, if not all, of the other racial/ethnic student subgroups at the state and district level. Moreover, the three consistent student subgroups found to be performing at the level of the Hmong student subgroup in ELA and mathematics were the Black/African American, Hispanic/Latino, and Laotian student subgroups. The findings of this study point towards other practices and research needed to better understand the realities of the Hmong educational experience, which is the start of understanding best practices for teaching Hmong students. |
| Keyword | Hmong; academic achievement; test scores; achievement gap |
| Language | English |
| Format (imt) | application/pdf |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | Lee, Sue |
| Physical access | The author retains rights to his/her dissertation, thesis or other graduate work according to U.S. copyright law. Electronic access is being provided by the USC Libraries in agreement with the author, as the original true and official version of the work, but does not grant the reader permission to use the work if the desired use is covered by copyright. It is the author, as rights holder, who must provide use permission if such use is covered by copyright. The original signature page accompanying the original submission of the work to the USC Libraries is retained by the USC Libraries and a copy of it may be obtained by authorized requesters contacting the repository e-mail address given. |
| Repository name | University of Southern California Digital Library |
| Repository address | USC Digital Library, University of Southern California, University Park Campus MC 7002, 106 University Village, Los Angeles, California 90089-7002, USA |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Filename | etd-LeeSue-2242.pdf |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume8/etd-LeeSue-2242.pdf |
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| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Full text | Running head: ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AMONG HMONG STUDENTS 1 ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AMONG HMONG STUDENTS IN CALIFORNIA: A QUANTITATIVE AND COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS by Sue Lee A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF EDUCATION May 2014 Copyright 2014 Sue Lee |
