Socioeconomic Status and Academic Achievements

There are many relationships that can be found between socioeconomic status and academic achievements in students. (no period) (Woolfolk, Winne, & Perry, 2000). There has been much research evidence found to show that high-SES students of all ethnic groups display higher average levels of achievement and stay in school longer than low-SES students. (Alwin & Thornton, 1984; Goleman, 1988; White, 1982). Other research studies have found that when SES is measured solely in terms of parents¡¦ education, income, or occupation, the …

…academic socialization, in that they are actually taught differently (Woolfolk, Winne, & Perry (2000). Students who are tracked into ¡§low-ability¡¨ or ¡§general¡¨ classes may never be encouraged to think and create, but rather to memorize and be passive. Since low-SES students receive an inferior education, their outcome of academic skills are inferior and their life chances are limited. Tracking clearly shows that low-SES students are put at an unfair disadvantage causing them to acquire lower academic achievement.