An unprecedented work of its time this book represents a scholarly endeavor that examines the
intriguing phenomena of language minority students' academic achievement in the United States.
The linear structural relations approach which is the most powerful analytical procedure for
causal studies to date was employed to explain the cause-effect network that links ethnic
language dominance socio-economic status parental involvement and psychological orientation
to verbal and quantitative achievement. Striking results were found that suggest alternative
thinkings to common beliefs and provide new insights into the achievement models of language
minorities.
