It does. I went down a rabbit hole for this once and yes children of immigrants underperform for math and reading testing v immigrant groups. Can go dig up the .gov links assuming they didnt go away

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jimt1234 5 days ago | parent | next [-]

Every immigrant I've known that's around my age has told me basically the same story. When they came to the US as a child, and got put into public school, they struggled with reading (they could barely speak English, much less read it), but they excelled at math. I've heard this from people born in China, Taiwan, Mexico, Iraq, Iran, Japan, etc.

	▲	fullshark 5 days ago \| parent [-]
		Is every immigrant you've known about your age someone you met through work / school and do you work in tech / on a STEM degree? If so then your sample is obviously biased.

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orochimaaru 5 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

That’s a strange one. The highest performing public schools are generally where Chinese and Indian origin kids are a significant minority - I.e. around 20-30%.

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	▲	Nicook 2 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Chinese and Indian kids being above is outweighed in this case by others. Look at the volume of immigrants and whatever countries they come from. The east asians are the exception not the norm.

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tptacek 5 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Is that signal, or is it just mean-reversion, because first-generation immigrant groups tend to have strong academic performance?