Hi JzakAttack:
Here are some references and points that may prove useful to your research:
Dominican and Dominican-American specific studies:
Hernandez, Ramona, et al. "Socioeconomic Profile of Dominicans in the United States." The CUNY Dominican Studies Institute. New York. October 2003.
*This report has a snapshot of Dominican student enrollment with in CUNY, discusses graduation rates, and compares Dominican graduation rates to general racial/ethnic groups. Refer to Chapter 8: The Educational Atainment of Dominicans in New York City. You can purchase a copy at minimal cost.
Fast Facts:
* 49.0% of Dominicans in the US that are 25 years or older had not completed HS in 2000. This is compared to 20% of the overall US population.
* 10.6 % of Dominicans in the US 25 years or older had attained a college degree. This is compared to 24.4% of overall US pop.
* Hernandez points out that while the educational attainment of Dominican immigrants is low, the situation of US-born Dominicans is sharply different.
* Nearly, 60% of all US-born Dominicans 25 years old or older in the US have received some college education, with 21.9 being college graduates. You can compare the latter figure with 13.3% for Mexicans and 12.1% for Puerto Ricans.
* The study also finds that Dominicans have high school enrollment and retention rates higher than other minority groups. Dominican females enrollment rates actually approximate that of the Avg. NYC high school retention rates.
Other Dominican-specific NYC HS data is also in this report.
Howerver, my suggestion is that you need to place this report in context. Here are some of the recent work that has been done on this subject over the last 2-3 years:
The Urban Institute. "High Concentration Limited-English Students Challenges Implementation of No Child Left Behind." September 2005. Washington, DC.
http://www.urban.org/publications/900884.html
Consentino de Conhe, Clemencia, et al. "Who's Left Behind?:Immigrant Children in High and Low LEP Schools." September 2005. The Urban Institute. Washington DC
http://www.urban.org/publications/411231.html
Capps, Randolph, et al. "The New Demography in America's Schools: Immigration and No Child Left Behind." Sept. 2005. The Urban Institute Washington, DC
http://www.urban.org/publications/311230.html
Swanson, Christorpher. "Losing our Future: How Minority Students are Left Behind by the Graduation Rate Crisis." February 2004. Urban Institute
http://www.urban.org/UploadedPDF/410936_LosingOurFuture.pdf
An article was written in the NYTimes by Greg Winter regarding the above report:
Winter, Greg. "Worst Rates of Graduation in New York, Study Say." New York Times article February 26, 2004.
Swanson, Christopher." The Real Truth about Graduation Rates: An Evidenced-Based Commentary." August 2004. The Urban Institute. Washington, DC.
http://www.urban.org/UploadedPDF/411050_realtruth.pdf
If you want to know my opinions then I can give those to you off-line or via PM once I know a little bit more about what you are doing.
Best to you.
-Deelt