Hi, Laurie,

There is some specific data available from the United States Census
Bureau regarding the educational attainment of the foreign-born
population. If you go to the statistics page of the CAELA Web site at
http://www.cal.org/caela/research/statistics.html there are direct links
to some of the relevant pages.  On the stats page there are also links
to some other sites that give some information that might be useful
(e.g., Migration Information Center, National Center for Education
Statistics, Pew Hispanic Center).

Nonetheless, I think finding accurate data that gives you the
information you need might be difficult. In some cases, the undocumented
immigrants may not have been included in the data collection. From my
own experience, I've found that adult learner self-report may not always
be accurate. At least partly that was because the question about
education on the intake form I was using wasn't particularly clear.  

Best wishes, and if you find the stat you are looking for, please post
to the list.

Lynda Terrill
Technical Assistance and Web Coordinator
Center for Adult English Language Acquisition
Center for Applied Linguistics
4646 40th St, NW
Washington, DC 
lterrill at cal.org
tel 202-362-0700
fax 202-363-7204
http://www.cal.org/caela

  




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Subject: [FamilyLiteracy] educational attainment of adult immigrants
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Has anyone seen statistics regarding the educational attainment for
adult immigrants?  I am trying to determine what percentage of our
parents may have an elementary level education or below.

Thank you
Laurie Mangum
Fairfax County Adult and Community Education
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