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Examining the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium Exams, Scholastic Aptitude Test, and High School Grade Point Average as Predictors of College Readiness
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Alexander, Carol – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The lack of college readiness in the United States is a critical issue that jeopardizes our economy. The demographic inequality of the crisis, particularly for low-income as well as Black and Latinx students, emerges from systemic problems of race and class in American education and society which suppress students' educational and economic…
Descriptors: College Readiness, College Entrance Examinations, Grade Point Average, Standardized Tests
Latinos: Higher Education Intervention
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Benavidez, Samantha; Flores, Sylvia L.; Garza, Jose; Hudson, Gina; Leal, Rebecca Ybarra; Morales, Jessica; Ramos, Abigail; Munoz, Vanessa – International Society for Technology, Education, and Science, 2020
This paper will include details on knowledge and ambition levels found between Latino-ethnic K-5 students located in a Southern Region of Texas from a college going culture presentation. The purpose is to understand how ambition and knowledge about higher education was influenced among Latino-ethnic K-5 students in impoverished areas. A low-income…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, Kindergarten, Elementary School Students, Academic Aspiration
The Impact of Teacher Professional Conduct on Learner Experiences and Performance in Poor School Communities in South Africa
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Munje, Paul Nwati – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2019
A qualitative based study was undertaken to explore the impact of teacher professional conduct on learner experiences and performance in three poor primary schools in a disadvantaged community in Cape Town, South Africa. Data was gathered through individual and focus-group interviews, observations and document reviews. The paper uses the…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Disadvantaged Schools, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary School Students
Narratives of Resilience among Learners in a Rural Primary School in Swaziland
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Motsa, Ncamsile Daphne; Morojele, Pholoho Justice – Education as Change, 2017
Drawing from the concepts of social constructionism, the article provides insights on how six purposively sampled Grade 6 vulnerable children, aged between 11-15, from poverty-stricken families, child-headed households and those allegedly orphaned by AIDS, resiliently navigated their schooling spaces and places in one rural, primary school in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Personal Narratives, Resilience (Psychology), Rural Schools
Literacy: A Route to Addressing Child Poverty? National Literacy Trust Research Review
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National Literacy Trust, 2011
This short document reviews research into the role of low literacy in poverty and disadvantage. It sets out evidence for the impact of parental engagement in home learning and the significance of attitudes, aspirations and literacy development. The National Literacy Trust hopes that this is a useful resource for those with responsibility for, and…
Descriptors: Literacy, Poverty, Parent Participation, Reading Attitudes
An Investigation into the Relationship between the 1997 Universal Primary Education (UPE) Policy and Regional Poverty and Educational Inequalities in Uganda (1997-2007)
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Ekaju, John – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2012
Past research has addressed the disparities in educational achievement for primary year seven school leavers in Uganda but it did not take into account the multidimensional perspectives: those on poverty (as reported by the poor) and on educational inequalities between and within regions, particularly with regard to the impacts of the 1997…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Ethnicity, Language Planning, Equal Education