Further, Dronkers et al. ([2014]) emphasize that "contextual features of both origin and destination countries do affect the educational performance of migrant children, and must be part of any explanation of migrant children's school success".
Contextual features of both origin and destination countries do affect the educational performance of migrant children, and must be part of any explanation of migrant children's school success.
It is expected that the quality of resources of an origin country's educational system positively affects the educational performance of migrant children originating from this country, and this is especially the case for migrant children who were 5 year or older at their arrival, and less for the second generation and migrant children who were less than 5 year old at their arrival (hypothesis 3B).
This study examines the influence of three important aspects of educational systems on the educational performance of migrant children.
Their results indicate that several macro-characteristics of both destination and origin countries affect the educational performance of migrant children.
The negative effect of stratified educational systems on the educational performance of migrant children cannot be explained by the existence of differences in grading in these educational systems.
The negative effect of stratified educational systems on the educational performance of migrant children cannot be explained by the existence of a vocational stream within these systems.
Earlier studies using a double perspective (destination & origin) indicate that several macro-characteristics of both destination and origin countries affect the educational performance of migrant children.
Levels et al. (2008) conclude that an exclusive focus on individual qualities cannot sufficiently explain the educational performance of migrant children.
The educational performance of migrant children in highly stratified educational systems is 16 points higher than the performance of their counterparts in comprehensive systems, although this difference is not significant.
