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understand unexplained variation educational outcomes children immigrants growing literature posits standard educational transmission models fail explain national origin differences attainment ignore immigrant selectivity degree immigrants differ nonmigrants sending countries immigrant selectivity hypothesis usually tested using indicators parents relative contextual educational attainment measuring rank educational attainment distribution country origin however using proxy current support hypothesis mixed outline three conditions use educational selectivity proxy relative social positioning among children immigrants test conditions using adult youth sample large household panel survey uk supplement analyses exploring relative education data prior research italy france united states triangulating varied sources illustrate cases three conditions hold providing evidence uk contexts provide guidelines use relative education measure relative social standing crossnational research well assessment immigrant selectivity hypothesis explaining secondgeneration educational outcomes