Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ565798
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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The School Compositional Effect of Single Parenthood on 10th-Grade Achievement.
Pong, Suet-ling
Sociology of Education, v71 n1 p23-42 Jan 1998
Uses data from the National Education Longitudinal Study (NELS) to reveal a detrimental contextual effect on 10th-grade mathematics and reading achievement associated with attending a school with a high concentration of children from single-parent homes. Maintains this effect is evident even when individual demographic characteristics and family background are controlled. (MJP)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Context Effect, Demography, Educational Attainment, Educational Environment, Educational Sociology, Family Influence, Grade 10, High Schools, Mathematics Achievement, One Parent Family, Performance Factors, Reading Achievement, School Culture, Socioeconomic Influences, Student Characteristics
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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