{"id":3569,"date":"2019-08-06T13:17:05","date_gmt":"2019-08-06T17:17:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wordpress\/?p=3569"},"modified":"2019-08-07T07:22:11","modified_gmt":"2019-08-07T11:22:11","slug":"report-social-class-not-smarts-is-a-better-predictor-of-academic-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/2019\/08\/06\/report-social-class-not-smarts-is-a-better-predictor-of-academic-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Social Class\u2014Not Smarts\u2014Is A Better Predictor of Academic Success"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nZes0kcuwCM?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Inequities in opportunity begin far before college, according to a recent report.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, the social class a child is born into is a better predictor than academic test scores when it comes to calculating future earning power, research from Georgetown University&#8217;s Center for Education and the Workforce shows.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/cew.georgetown.edu\/cew-reports\/schooled2lose\/\">report<\/a>, produced in conjunction with the Annie E. Casey Foundation, found that a low-scoring kindergarten student from a family in the highest quartile of socioeconomic status (SES) has a 71 percent chance of being above-median SES at age 25. Meanwhile, a child from a low-SES family with high test scores has only a 31 percent chance of reaching above-median SES by young adulthood.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo succeed in America, it\u2019s better to be born rich than smart,\u201d Anthony P. Carnevale, lead author of the report, said in a press release.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, the highest performing poor students have less chance of graduating from college than the poorest performing rich students, data show. And low-income students\u2014particularly students of color\u2014are more likely to stumble in their academic journeys than their peers. \u00a0Among children who show similar academic potential in kindergarten, the test scores of low-income students are more likely to decline and stay low during elementary, middle, and high school than the test scores of their peers from middle- and upper-income families.<\/p>\n<p>The report urges policymakers to narrow opportunity gaps by providing academic support early and often, improving and expanding high school counseling, and offering career education and work experience opportunities to students.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith smart policy changes, education can mitigate the effects of inequality,\u201d said Megan L. Fasules, who co-authored the report.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cew.georgetown.edu\/cew-reports\/schooled2lose\/\">Learn more<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Admitted writer\/editor Mary Stegmeir welcomes additional comments and story ideas at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:mstegmeir@nacacnet.org\">mstegmeir@nacacnet.org<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inequities in opportunity begin far before college, according to a recent report. In fact, the social class a child is born into is a better predictor than academic test scores when it comes to calculating future earning power, research from Georgetown University&#8217;s Center for Education and the Workforce shows.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-access","category-college-readiness"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Mary Stegmeir","author_link":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/author\/mstegmeir\/"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/peWmJq-Vz","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3569"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3569\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}