ABSTRACT
This chapter describes some of the interesting descriptive findings of the study. It focuses on reporting results of the tests, measures, and observations made at the Oakridge Center (OROC). Findings represent the state of affairs as students entered the country as measured by various observational and standardized measurements. Primary students who entered Canada between 1996 and 2001 were administered the experimental primary assessment. Primary students from Hong Kong had the highest mean scores on the English literacy measures. Students who spoke Vietnamese had the lowest mean scores on these measures. These measures, in effect, were readiness measures developed by the OROC staff. There is a well-established history of research support for the contention that upper-case letters are the first letters learned by students. Kindergarten and first-grade teachers introduced them to their students first because they were viewed as being easier to learn than lower-case letters.
