Academic Achievement and Extracurricular School Activities of At-Risk High School Students

Autor/inn/en	Marchetti, Ryan; Wilson, Randal H.; Dunham, Mardis
Titel	Academic Achievement and Extracurricular School Activities of At-Risk High School Students
Quelle	In: Educational Research Quarterly, 39 (2016) 4, S.3-20 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0196-5042
Schlagwörter	Academic Achievement; Extracurricular Activities; At Risk Students; Low Income Students; Lunch Programs; Benchmarking; Rural Schools; College Entrance Examinations; Reading Tests; Mathematics Tests; High School Seniors; Student Participation; Employed Parents; Student Employment; Family Structure; Correlation; Statistical Analysis; Scores; Kentucky; ACT Assessment + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulleistung; Außerunterrichtliche Aktivität; Mittagessen; Rural area; Rural areas; School; Schools; Ländlicher Raum; Schule; Schulen; Aufnahmeprüfung; Lesetest; Schülermitarbeit; Schülermitwirkung; Studentische Mitbestimmung; Studentenarbeit; Familienkonstellation; Familiensystem; Korrelation; Statistische Analyse; Assessment; Eignungsprüfung; Eignungstest; Hochschulzulassung
Abstract	This study compared the employment, extracurricular participation, and family structure status of students from low socioeconomic families that achieved state-approved benchmarks on ACT reading and mathematics tests to those that did not achieve the benchmarks. Free and reduced lunch eligibility was used to determine SES. Participants included 211 high school seniors from a large, rural southeastern high school. Eighty five of the participants met the low SES criterion and were the study's primary focus. The study found that at-risk students from low SES families that met ACT reading and mathematics benchmarks were more likely to participate in extracurricular activities than students that did not meet this benchmark. Unexpectedly, students who met the reading benchmark were statistically less likely to have both parents employed. Student employment status and family structure were not statistically associated with ACT performance. Implications and areas for future study are discussed. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Behavioral Research Press. Grambling State University, Math Department, P.O. Box 1191, Grambling, LA 71245. Tel: 318-274-2425; Web site: http://erquarterly.org/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2022/4/11