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This theory focuses on the relationship between demographic factors, such as socioeconomic status, gender and ethnicity, and dropout. [6] Boys are much more likely to drop out than girls and dropouts are most likely from a family with a low socioeconomic status. [6] There has been contention over the influence of ethnicity on dropout rates. [6]
The neighborhood effect is mitigated when students who grow up in low-SES neighborhoods move to high-SES neighborhoods. These students are more likely to reap the same benefits as students in high-SES neighborhoods and school systems; their chances of attending college are much higher than those who stayed in low-SES neighborhoods.
Students from high SES families continue to grow in their ability to read after kindergarten and students from low SES families fall behind in their reading growth at a comparable amount. [61] Additionally, the summer setback disproportionately affects African American and Hispanic students because they are more likely than White students to ...
The racial achievement gap in the United States refers to disparities in educational achievement between differing ethnic/racial groups. [1] It manifests itself in a variety of ways: African-American and Hispanic students are more likely to earn lower grades, score lower on standardized tests, drop out of high school, and they are less likely to enter and complete college than whites, while ...
Furthermore, research reveals the summer months as a crucial time for the educational development of children. Students from disadvantaged families experience greater losses in skills during summer vacation. [13] Students from lower socioeconomic classes come disproportionately from single-parent homes and dangerous neighborhoods.
Plans to increase the density of low-income students at Pasco High School could lead to lower test scores, more behavioral struggles, higher dropout rates and more stigma over poverty, shows ...
Race, ethnicity, and socio-economic class limits exposure to advanced academic knowledge thus limiting advanced educational opportunities. A disproportionate number of minority students are placed in low track courses. The content of low track courses are markedly different.
Research into the causes of the disparity in academic achievement between students from different socioeconomic and racial backgrounds has been ongoing since the 1966 publication of the Coleman Report (officially titled "Equality of Educational Opportunity"), commissioned by the U.S. Department of Education. The report found that a combination ...