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The Academic Achievement Of Chinese-American Fluent English Proficient And Non-Minority Background Intermediate Grade Students (Bilingual, Asian-American)

Author

Edmund W. Lee, University of the Pacific

Date of Award

1985

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Education (Ed.D.)

Department

Graduate School

First Advisor

David P Baral

First Committee Member

David P Baral

Second Committee Member

Estelle Lau

Third Committee Member

Bobby Hopkins

Fourth Committee Member

Pierina Wong

Fifth Committee Member

Halvor Hansen

Abstract

More than a decade has passed since the United States Supreme Court made its historic decision in Lau v. Nichols on January 21, 1974. Ruling in favor of the non-English-speaking Chinese plaintiffs, the Court upheld earlier guidelines established by the office for Civil Rights for school districts with more than five percent national origin-minority group children. In delivering the Court's opinion, Justice Douglas reiterated these words of J. Stanley Pottinger, former director of OCR:

Pages

151

Recommended Citation

Lee, Edmund W.. (1985). The Academic Achievement Of Chinese-American Fluent English Proficient And Non-Minority Background Intermediate Grade Students (Bilingual, Asian-American). University of the Pacific, Dissertation. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/3429