Study says socioeconomic status impacts success over test scores

Study says socioeconomic status impacts success over test scoresStudy says socioeconomic status impacts success over test scoresWhen you have a talented student from a socially disadvantaged background and a less-talented student from a privileged background, often its the mora privileged student who makes it.How socioeconomic status is tied to succeeding in school and beyond is among the findings of a new report from researchers at Georgetown University. The report analyzed data from the National Center for Education Statistics to attribute for the academic results of students from kindergarten through college.Follow Ladders on FlipboardFollow Ladders magazines on Flipboard covering Happiness, Productivity, Job Satisfaction, Neuroscience, and moreThe gap starts at the beginningThe gap starts at kindergarten. Among economically disadvantaged kids, black students have it especially hard.Six in 10 black students who had above-median test scores as kindergartners have been left behind b y eighth grade, compared to fewer than four in 10 white and Latino students and two in 10 Asian students.And for those who dont start out with great test scores, their mglichkeits of improvement depend on class a child from an affluent family with who scores low in kindergartenis more than twice as likely to recover andhave high test scores in eighth grade as a low-scoring kindergartener from a poor family.To break it down, a kindergartner from an affluent background with test scores in the bottom half still has a 7 in 10 chance of reaching a high socioeconomic status by the time theyre a young adult.And a disadvantaged kindergartner with test scores in the top half has approximately a 3 in 10 chance of attaining high socioeconomic status by the age of 25.By high school, its often too late, and the talent has been lost 49% of economically disadvantaged students who had above-median math scores in kindergarten have below-median scores in eighth grade.Its not just how rich or poor a c hilds family background is, either, but also how protective and enriched their home environments are.As of 2016, families in the highest income quintile spent around $8,600 per year on enrichment activities, whereas families in the lowest quintile spent around $1,700 per year. This includes things from books, school supplies, and computers to summer camps, music lessons, private tutors, and extracurricular classes.Higher socioeconomic status parents also spend more time reading to their children and it could be extrapolated that perhaps they have more time to do so, assuming that in a disadvantaged family, more children are being raised by a working single mother.By 10th grade, it was found, achievement patterns for both the privileged and the underprivileged were pretty much set. High test-scorers didnt tend to see their scores fall, and low test-scorers didnt tend to see their scores go up.No matter where they fall academically, poor tenth-graders are less likely than affluent st udents to enroll in college or to complete college if they do go.Still, theres one skill that particularly helps a student from a poor background good math skills. High math scores in high school increase the changes that a student from a poor background will eventually get a good entry-level job as an adult.You might also enjoyNew neuroscience reveals 4 rituals that will make you happyStrangers know your social class in the first seven words you say, study finds10 lessons from Benjamin Franklins daily schedule that will double your productivityThe worst mistakes you can make in an interview, according to 12 CEOs10 habits of mentally strong people