SOCY 100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11.1-11.3: Homeschooling, Peer Pressure, Programme For International Student Assessment

• School: University of Maryland
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOCY 100
• Professor: Alex Parkhouse

Document Summary

Success in school: highest reading and math scores at the end of high school. Students with parents who had the highest education, family income, and parental occupational status. Asian and white students more often than black or hispanic. Females- better high school completion rates than males: social origins and ascribed characteristics- strongly related to educational outcomes. Inequality: tracking and student outcomes: tracking. Measured by standardized test scores and/or grades: higher-performing students got more learning opportunities increasing the gap between high and low achieving students, cumulative advantage. College-educated parents are more knowledgeable about classes and rigor, are more integrated into social networks, and encourage their kids to challenge themselves more. Government-issued certificates that allow students to use public tax dollars to pay tuition at private schools. Raise constitutional issues regarding separation of church and state. Gi(cid:448)es poo(cid:396) pa(cid:396)e(cid:374)ts (cid:373)o(cid:396)e optio(cid:374)s fo(cid:396) thei(cid:396) (cid:272)hild(cid:396)e(cid:374)"s edu(cid:272)atio(cid:374) Cause public schools to enact change to improve their educational programs to compete with private schools.