Table 1.

Summary of Participant Characteristics

Participants (pseudonyms)	Gender	Race	Tenure
Administrators (n=2)
Administrator 1 (Richard)	M	White	12	---
Administrator 2 (Charles)	M	Black	2	---
Teachers (n=4)				Class/gender breakdown:
Teacher 1 (David)	M	White	14	37 students (22 boys/15 girls) 5 Cambodian students (1 boys/4 girls)
Teacher 2 (Nancy)	F	White	8	33 students (14 boys/19 girls) 14 Cambodian students (6 boys/8 girls)
Teacher 3 (Linda)	F	Black	8	35 students (21 boys/14 girls) 9 Cambodian students (7 boys/2 girls)
Teacher 4 (Barbara)	F	White	3	35 students (19 boys/16 girls) Number of Cambodian students not known
Students (n=10) (Boys: James, John, Robert, Michael, William; Girls: Mary, Lisa, Susan, Jennifer, Patty)	5 boys 5 girls	Cambodian	14 years old; 9th grade	Nativity and duration in the U.S.: 2 U.S.-born (1 boy/1 girl) 5 foreign-born/5 or more years (3 boys/2 girls) 3 foreign-born/less than 5 years (1 boys/2 girls)