In four studies, Latino parents expressed significantly lower expectations than one or more other groups (Hao and Bonstead - Burns 1998; Okagaki and Frensch 1998; Peng and Wright 1994; Vartanian et al. 2007), but one recent analysis using the ECLS - K data found that Latinos had higher
expectations for their kindergarteners than African American and European American parents after controlling for maternal education, family income and maternal depression (Suizzo and Stapleton 2007).
As in NOLA, families choose higher - performing schools: The top ten most requested schools
for entering
kindergarteners were all rated as either «distinguished» or «meets
expectations.»