EJ531782
UD519543
Title: Ethnicity and Adolescent Achievement.Author(s): Steinberg, Laurence
Source: American Educator, v20 n2 p28-35,44-48 Sum 1996
Publication Date: 1996
ISSN: 0148-432X
Language: English
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Reports--Descriptive (141)
Journal Announcement: CIJFEB1997
Argues that
out-of-school factors have enormous, perhaps decisive, influence
on student achievement and examines the role ethnicity, parents,
peers, and culture play in student attitudes and academic performance.
Findings are presented based on survey data gathered from 20,000
high school students over a 3-year period. (GR)
Descriptors: *Academic Achievement; *Cultural Influences; Educational
Research; Ethnic Groups; *Ethnicity; *Family Influence; High School
Students; Minority Groups; *Peer Influence; Public Schools; Secondary
Education; *Student Attitudes; Surveys
