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Ethnic and Socioeconomic Class Composition and Language Proficiency: A Longitudinal Multilevel Examination in Dutch Elementary Schools

  • Ethnic minority concentration (measured by home language) had a negative effect on proficiency in the national language
  • When the heterogeneity of school classes in terms of parental income was accounted for, the initial effect of ethnic concentration was reduced to non-significance in grade 4 and mitigated in grade 6.
  • The purported problem of ethnic minority concentration in classrooms is socioeconomic in nature rather than ethnic.
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