Creation and use of Mexican - American cultural and historical materials on a primary reading level to increase motivation of Mexican - American students

Educational Achievement of Mexican-American Children Mex i can -Arne ri cans are the second 1 a rges t mi no rity group i n the I United States.They constitute five million people, ninety percent of 1 i whom live in the southwestern United States; i.e., Arizona, California) I Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas.There they comprise 11.8 percent of l I the entire population.More than a third of the Mexican-Americans livj in 11 poverty, 11 as defined by the United States Department of Health, !'• '•• .-86• ._.! '•