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Francis, Becky; Hutchings, Merryn – Sutton Trust, 2013
Social class and income distribution remain the strongest predictors of both educational achievement and life outcomes. Despite government hopes, education does not generally promote social mobility; children from low income families tend to have lower attainment than their more affluent peers when they begin school, and the gap widens as they…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parent Student Relationship, Advantaged, School Choice
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Squires, Jane K.; Potter, LaWanda; Bricker, Diane D.; Lamorey, Suzanne – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 1998
Examined the use of the Ages and Stages Questionnaires with 96 low- and middle-income parents on their child from 4 to 30 months. Found that percent agreement between a professionally-administered standardized assessment and questionnaires completed by low and middle-income parents was 80% to 91% and 85% to 93%, respectively. (Author/KB)
Descriptors: Child Development, Comparative Analysis, Longitudinal Studies, Low Income Groups
Morgan, William R.; And Others – 1978
A social structural theory of social class differences as reflected in the nature of parent's work, is used to explore class-differentiated family background influences on school and achievement related outcomes of adolescents. Father's high or low job complexity is thought to be related to parental values for either self-direction or conformity,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Cognitive Style, Conformity, Cultural Context
Bornstein, Marc H., Ed.; Bradley, Robert H., Ed. – 2003
Noting that there is near universal agreement that children from families with higher socioeconomic status (SES) have access to more of the resources needed to support their positive development than do lower SES children, this monograph examines the myriad questions remaining regarding relations among SES, parenting, and child development from a…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Development, Child Rearing, Children