Financial Literacy in WCPSS. DRA Report No. 18.01

Autor/inn/en	Lenard, Matthew; Huang, Haigen
Institution	Wake County Public School System (WCPSS), Data, Research, and Accountability Department
Titel	Financial Literacy in WCPSS. DRA Report No. 18.01
Quelle	(2018), (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Quantitative Daten; High School Students; Money Management; Knowledge Level; Consumer Education; Gender Differences; Racial Differences; Mathematics Achievement; Reading Achievement; Correlation; Grade 11; Measures (Individuals); Achievement Tests; International Assessment; Foreign Countries; North Carolina; Program for International Student Assessment + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Wissensbasis; Konsumerziehung; Geschlechterkonflikt; Rassenunterschied; Mathmatics sikills; Mathmatics achievement; Mathematical ability; Mathematische Kompetenz; Leseleistung; Korrelation; School year 11; 11. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 11; Messdaten; Achievement test; Achievement; Testing; Test; Tests; Leistungsbeurteilung; Leistungsüberprüfung; Leistung; Testdurchführung; Testen; Ausland
Abstract	In the spring of 2016 and 2017, a sample of juniors across all Wake County Public School System (WCPSS) high schools was administered a survey of financial literacy concepts as part of the College and Work Readiness Assessment (CWRA). The district administered this survey as education stakeholders have become increasingly interested in--and concerned about--the financial literacy of students who will soon enter college or the workforce. Key findings include: (1) roughly 23% of WCPSS' male students demonstrated high financial literacy compared with only 13% of females; (2) Asian and White students exhibited rates of financial literacy roughly double those of their Black and Hispanic/Latino counterparts; (3) prior achievement in math and reading was strongly associated with high financial literacy. Students meeting grade-level or college-ready benchmarks demonstrated financial literacy rates 2-3 times higher than their lower-achieving counterparts; and (4) the factors most strongly predictive of whether a student had high financial literacy were Academically or Intellectually Gifted (AIG) status, being male, and meeting college/career readiness benchmarks in 8th grade math. The results suggest that WCPSS should explore interventions that can help close gaps in financial literacy between male and female students and among racial/ethnic groups. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Wake County Public School System. 5625 Dillard Drive, Cary, NC 27518. Tel: 919-431-7215; Fax: 919-431-7193; e-mail: wcpss-data-accountability@wcpss.net; Web site: www.wcpss.net
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01