El rendimiento académico del alumnado autóctono y de origen inmigrante en la Región de Murcia

Abstract

The present study analyzes the academic performance in Secondary Education of non-immigrant students and those of immigrant origin studying in the 1st and 2nd year of Compulsory Secondary Education and in the 2nd year of a Level Studies within the Region of Murcia. It is non-experimental, quantitative, short longitudinal descriptive study carried out with 1262 students. From the results obtained, the highlight is that the academic performance of immigrant students is lower than that of non-immigrant students, however, immigrant students who complete fourth of Compulsory Secondary Education and complete the 2nd year of Level Studies obtain a similar or sometimes higher level than non-immigrant students. Another result of interest refers to the grades obtained by first and second generation immigrant students, since they show that the first generation students display an academic performance higher than those from the second generation. Finally, it indicates that the Certificate of Secondary Education is obtained by a higher percentage of non-immigrant students than those of immigrant origin.