Graduation Rates in Washington State
This paper provides Washington State graduation rates broken down by race and region.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Center for Civic Innovation at the Manhattan Institute • August 01, 2002

Divorce and Separation: The Outcomes for Children
This paper summarizes past research on the impact of parental divorce and separation on children's socio-economic status, academic achievement, emotional development and behavioural outcomes.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Joseph Rowntree Foundation • June 01, 1998

Income Changes and Cognitive Stimulation in Young Children’s Home Learning Environments
This paper explores the relationship between family income and the cognitive development of children ages three to eight.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Joint Center for Poverty Research • October 10, 2002

Parental Job Loss and Early Adolescent Adjustment in Black and White Families
This study uses data from the National Educational Longitudinal Survey to assess the impact of parental job loss on adolescents' academic achievement, school attendance, and psychological adjustment.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Harris Graduate School of Public Policy Studies • February 2002

Almost All Parents (95%) Feel That Some Material Learned During the School Year is Lost Over the Summer Months
This poll surveys Canadian parents on their children's education retention over the summer, reporting their thoughts on summer school, the necessity of a summer break, and the amount of school learning their children lose during the summer months.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Ipsos-Reid • April 01, 2003

Opinion of Quebeckers on the Organization and Financing of Public Schools
This poll of 1000 Quebeckers reports that approximately half of respondents favour eliminating school taxes and a majority of respondents favour granting schools more autonomy in hiring and firing teachers.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Montreal Economic Institute/ Leger Marketing • February 2007

Understanding the Early Years: Early Childhood Development in Hampton/Sussex, New Brunswick
Using data from the the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY), this report seeks to explain children's outcomes in terms of family background, family processes, and community factors.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Human Resources Development Canada • April 01, 2003

Teenage Sexual Abstinence and Academic Achievement
This paper suggests that teenage sexual abstinence is linked to academic achievement.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• The Heritage Foundation • August 2005

The Peer Effect on Academic Achievement Among Public Elementary School Students
This paper examines the effects of peers on academic performance and achievement, and finds peer relationships have a significant impact on children's social and academic development.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• The Heritage Foundation • May 26, 2000

Race to the Bottom: Minority Children and Special Education in Arizona Public School
This paper presents findings from a national survey of special education students showing that minority students in Arizona are more likely than non-minority students to be placed in special education programs.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Goldwater Institute • May 10, 2004

The Impact of Tuition Scholarships on Low-Income Families: A Survey of Arizona School Choice Trust Parents
This paper discusses the implementation of a program that provided tuition scholarships to low-income students which enabled them to attend a private school.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Goldwater Institute • December 11, 2003

Education Scholarships: Expanding Opportunities for Students, Saving Taxpayers Money
This paper addresses Arizona's need to balance its budget while improving education, by suggesting that businesses make donations to charitable organizations that offer scholarships to low-income students, enabling them to attend private school.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Goldwater Institute • March 26, 2002

Effectiveness of Special Education: Is Placement the Critical Factor?
While acknowledging that no method of instruction or placement can make learning disabled students perform at the same level as their non-disabled peers, this paper argues that it is the quality of instruction, not the placement environment, that is most important in helping these students.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• The Future of Children • Spring 1996

Learning Disabilities
This article discusses the difficulties of defining learning disabilities, and looks at factors contributing to increased identification of learning disabled students.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• The Future of Children • Spring 1996

Outcomes for Youths with Serious Emotional Disturbance in Secondary School and Early Adulthood
This article describes the school performance, social experiences, employment patterns, and independence levels of students with serious emotional disturbances.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• The Future of Children • Summer/Fall 1995

Teenage Childbearing
This paper looks at the increasing rates of teenage pregnancies in the US and explores the effect that this trend has on adolescent girls and their infants.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• The Future of Children • 1992

The Impact of Home Computer Use on Children's Activities and Development
This article discusses the effect of home computer use on such factors as social development, academic performance, computer literacy, inclination to violence, and risk of obesity.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• The Future of Children • Fall/Winter 2000

Low Birth Weight and School Readiness
This article considers the possibility that low birthweight may explain differences in school readiness between black and white children in the United States, since black women are more likely than white women to give birth to children with low birthweight.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• The Future of Children • Spring 2005

Neuroscience Perspectives on Disparities in School Readiness and Cognitive Achievement
This article examines disparities in school readiness among American kindergarteners in terms of neurocognitive differences.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• The Future of Children • Spring 2005

Genetic Differences and School Readiness
This article explores the possiblility of a genetic explanation for differences in school readiness between white and black children.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• The Future of Children • Spring 2005

Early Childhood Care and Education: Effects on Ethnic and Racial Gaps in School Readiness
This article explores differences between black, white, and Hispanic children's use and experience of early childhood education and care, and examines the effect of these differing experiences on gaps in school readiness.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• The Future of Children • Spring 2005

The Contribution of Parenting to Ethnic and Racial Gaps in School Readiness
This article describes several parenting behaviours, such as discipline, nurturance, language use, and education, and examines differences in these behaviours between white and black parents.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• The Future of Children • Spring 2005

Health Disparities and Gaps in School Readiness
This article documents significant disparities in the health of black and white children in the United States and explores the possibility that these disparities may contribute to racial gaps in school readiness.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• The Future of Children • Spring 2005

Can Family Socioeconomic Resources Account for Racial and Ethnic Test Score Gaps?
This article examines the potential link between socioeconomic disparity and racial/ethnic gaps in school readiness among American preschoolers.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• The Future of Children • Spring 2005

Adoption works well: A synthesis of the literature
The study identifies the benefits of adoption – some of these benefits included better mental, emotional and physical health for children who are adopted, relative to their peers who are not.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Family Research Council • November 2010

Canadian Nine-Year Olds at School

• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Statistics Canada • September, 2009

Career Goals in High School: Do Students Know What it Takes to Reach Them and Does it Matter?

• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Statistics Canada • October 1, 2009

Full-Day Kindergarten in California Lessons from Los Angeles
This report evaluates the impact of full-day kindergarten in Los Angeles and finds small benefits for some at-risk children in certain learning areas.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Public Policy Institute of California • September 2009

Fifteen Years Later: Home-Educated Canadian Adults
This study looks at adults who were home-educated and contrasts them to a comparable demographic of the Canadian population.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Canadian Centre for Home Education • 2009

Welfare Reform: Adolescent Girls in Transition - A One Year Follow-up Study
This follow-up study looks at the characteristics and outcomes of adolescent girls in welfare-reliant families that are affected by welfare reforms.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute • June 2003

Welfare Reform: Adolescent Girls in Transition
This paper looks at the characteristics and outcomes of adolescent girls in welfare-reliant families affected by welfare reforms.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute • June 2002

Understanding the Early Years: Early Childhood Development in Niagara Falls, Ontario
Using data from the the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY), this report seeks to explain children's outcomes in terms of family background, family processes, and community factors.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Human Resources Development Canada • June 01, 2003

National Survey of American Attitudes on Substance Abuse VIII: Teens and Parents
This document discusses teens' and parents' attitudes on substance abuse, and outlines some factors that affect a teen's level of risk for substance misuse.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University • August 01, 2003

They Have Overcome: High Poverty, High Performing Schools in California
This paper investigates the causes of high achievement in low-income, high poverty schools in California.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Pacific Research Institute • September 01, 2002

The Self-Sufficiency Project at 36 Months: Effects on Children of a Program that Increased Parental Employment and Income
This paper reports the effects of a welfare-to-work program for the participants' children including effects on their income, ...
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Social Research and Demonstration Corporation • June 01, 2000

Teens and Their Parents in the 21st Century: An Examination of Trends in Teen Behavior and the Role of Parental Involvement
This report examined the link between teen behavioural outcomes and parental involvement.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Council of Economic Advisers, Washington, DC • May 2, 2000

Teens and TANF: How Adolescents Fare Under the Nation’s Welfare Program
This paper describes the history, main provisions, and impact of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), a welfare program focusing on financial assistance and employment for families living in poverty.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation • December 01, 2003

How Children Fare in Welfare Experiments Appears to Hinge on Income
This paper examines the impact of various welfare-to-work programs on children's emotional, behavioural, and educational outcomes.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Children’s Defense Fund • August 22, 2001

No Child Left Behind and the Education Achievement Gap
This research brief examines the racial and ethnic gap in academic achievement among students in the United States.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Center for Child and Family Policy • 2002

Does Household Food Security Affect Cognitive and Social Development of Kindergartners?
This paper demonstrates that food insecurity does not affect the academic performance of kindergarten students but does affect their emotional and social development and functioning.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Institute for Research on Poverty • November 01, 2003

The Condition of Education 2004
This report examines 38 indicators of the status and condition of education in the United States for 2004.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• National Center for Education Statistics • June 2004

A Road Map for Learning: Improving Educational Outcomes in Foster Care
This book provides a framework to help encourage foster children in school.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Casey Family Programs • 2004

Childhood Economic Resources, Academic Performance, and the Choice to Leave School at Age Sixteen
This paper examines factors that affect young people's decision to drop out of school at age 16 in New Zealand.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research • January 2003

Class Size and Student Achievement: Is There a Link?
This paper presents evidence suggesting that decreasing class size does not enhance students' academic performance.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Goldwater Institute • August 01, 1995

The Absence of Father: Effects on Children's Development and Family Functioning
This paper investigates the effects of single parenthood on children’s social and cognitive development, academic achievement, and overall welfare.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• National Center on Fathers and Families • August 01, 1995

Family Literacy Programs: Who Benefits?
This article summarizes key statistics from other research on the benefits of family literacy programs including the benefits to children, parents, families and society.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Ohio Literacy Resource Center, Kent State University • April 2003

Indicators of Early School Success and Child Well-Being
This research brief reports on children's well-being during kindergarten and grade one using indicators such as cognitive skills, social skills, school engagement, and physical well-being.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Child Trends • October 2004

The Importance of Family Dinners
This paper examines the relationship between family dinners and adolescent substance use.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse • September 2010

Self-Reported Violent Delinquency and the Influence of School, Neighbourhood and Student Characteristics
This study examined the influence of school, surrounding neighbourhood—defined as the area within one-kilometre of a school—and student characteristics on the likelihood of student violent delinquency.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Statistics Canada • September 2009

An Overview of Child Well-Being in Rich Countries: A Comprehensive Assessment of the Lives and Well-Being of Children and Adolescents in the Economically Advanced Nations
This report measured child well-being in 21 OECD countries by examining children’s overall health and safety, education, peer and family relationships, behaviours and risks, and young people’s own subjective sense of well-being.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• UNICEF • February 14, 2007

The Effects of Poverty on Children
This article explores the physical, emotional, behavioural, educational, and health outcomes of children living in poverty, and explores how low income influences create adverse child outcomes.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• The Future of Children • Summer/Fall 1997

African American Adolescent Girls in Impoverished Communities: Quality of Parenting and Adolescent Outcomes
This paper discusses the effect of parenting style and parental involvement on the behaviour, educational achievement, employment, sexual activity and pregnancy history of young black girls living in poverty.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• The Joint Center for Poverty Research • June 14, 1999

Welfare Reform, Fertility, and Father Involvement
This article examines the unique role that fathers play in their children's lives, and demonstrates that public policies have considerable influence on childbearing patterns and a father's involvement with his children.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• The Future of Children • 2002

National Survey of American Attitudes on Substance Abuse VI: Teens
This report presents the findings of a 2001 survey that asked teens about their attitudes on substance abuse.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University • February 01, 2001

Malignant Neglect: Substance Abuse and America's Schools
This analysis of data relating to substance abuse by young people in American schools finds that an alarming number of middle and high school students attend schools where alcohol, drugs, and tobacco are kept and sold.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• The National Center for Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University • September 01, 2001

The Consequences of Child Maltreatment: A Reference Guide for Health Practitioners
This document discusses the problem of child maltreatment and the factors influencing it, such as family characteristics, the economic and living conditions, and the level of community support available.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Health Canada • 1998

Postsecondary Education – Participation and Dropping Out: Differences Across University, College and Types of Postsecondary Institutions
This study profiles people who have dropped out of post-secondary institutions and compares them with those who graduate, examining demographic, family and school characteristics.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Statistics Canada, Human Resources and Social Development Canada • November 2008

Breakdown Britain
This report examines the nature and extent of social breakdown and poverty in Britain.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Social Justice Policy Group • December 2006

2008 Survey of Canadian Attitudes towards Learning: Results for learning throughout the lifespan
This annual survey examines Canadian attitudes and beliefs about learning from early childhood through the lifespan.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Canadian Council on Learning • February 2009

Low Incomes, High Standards; Can private schools make a difference for low income families?
This survey-based study examines educational preference and satisfaction among low income parents who access independent schools for their children.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Fraser Institute • June 2008

Breakdown Britain: Educational Failure
Thjis 2006 British state of the nation report examines the inequalities in the British education system, largely based on economic and racial factors, and offers recommendations on how to fix these inequalities.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Centre for Social Justice • December 2006

School Achievement of Canadian Boys and Girls in Early Adolescence: Links with Personal Attitudes and Parental and Teacher Support for School
Using data on ten and eleven year old children from the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth this paper examines the links between academic achievement, children’s self-perception, and the support of adults during the child’s transition to adolescence.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Human Resources Development Canada • October 01, 1998

Grandmothers’ Involvement among Children and Adolescents Growing Up in Poverty
This paper studies grandmothers' involvement in raising and caring for grandchildren, and the effect of this type of non-parental care on children's social and cognitive development and behaviour.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Joint Center for Poverty Research • January 14, 2004

Investing in Children: Ideas for Action
This paper summarizes the NLSCY conference which focused on family structures, parenting and work, school, community influences, health, problem behavior, childhood experiences, and vulnerable children.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Human Resources Development Canada • October 01, 1998

Father Absence and Child Well-being: A Critical Review
This paper investigates the relationship between father absence and child outcomes, including academic performance, levels of educational attainment, psychological well-being, behaviour, and early life transitions.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Center for Research on Child Wellbeing • November 2002

Wife Abuse: The Impact on Children
This paper explores the impact of wife assault and abuse on the emotional and behavioural outcomes of children.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Health Canada • April 01, 1996

Using Incentives to Increase Participation in Out-of –School Time Programs
This brief examines the use of incentives to motivate student involvement in out-of-school programs.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Child Trends • June 2008

The 1996 National Survey of American Attitudes on Substance Abuse II: Teens and Their Parents
This report presents the findings of a 1996 survey that asked teens and their parents about their attitudes on substance abuse.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University • September 01, 1996

Ontario’s Private Schools: Who Chooses Them and Why?
This survey examines the characteristics of the growing number of parents who use private schools in Ontario and investigates the reasons for their choice.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• The Fraser Institute • May 2007

Report Card on Alberta's High Schools: 2003 Edition
This paper outlines the indicators used by the Fraser Institute to measure the performance of Alberta's high schools.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• The Fraser Institute • March 01, 2003

The Gentleman’s "A"
This study determines that higher grading standards in elementary school benefit students academically.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Hoover Institution • Spring 2004

Comparison of Traditional Public Schools and Charter Schools on Retention, School Switching, and Achievement Growth
This paper discusses the effectiveness of charter schools at helping students who may otherwise have fallen through the cracks of the public school system.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Goldwater Institute • March 15, 2004

Roll Play: How creating better access to schools in Christchurch could affect school rolls
This research report examines ways state run schools in Christchurch, New Zealand could be improved in quality and access.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Maxim Institute • 2007

Measuring up: Canadian Results of the OECD PISA Study: The Performance of Canada’s youth in Science, Reading and Mathematics
This report comments on Canada’s performance among 57 countries in the OECD Program for International Student Assessment.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Human Resources and Social Development Canada, Statistics Canada, Council of Ministers of Education • December 2007

Extensive Television Viewing and the Development of Attention and Learning Difficulties During Adolescence
Based on data from the Children in the Community Study, this paper concludes that frequent television watching among teens is associated with elevated risk for attention and learning difficulties.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• American Medical Association • May 2007

Marijuana
This fact sheet discusses the prevalence of marijuana use in the US and its effects on brain functioning, school performance, motor skills, and pregnancy.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Office of National Drug Control Policy • February 2004

Competent Children at 10: Families, Early Education, and Schools
This report is part of a longitudinal study into the roles of the home and education in the development of children's competencies from age five until they leave school.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• New Zealand Council for Educational Research • October 10, 2001

Canadians and Back to School
This survey examines Canadians' satisfaction with education, wishes for teacher priorities, as well as parents' spending on school clothes and supplies.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Leger Marketing • August 25, 2003

Parent’s Involvement in their Children’s Learning and Schools
This paper reviews policies and practices concerning parental involvement in education in the UK.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• National Family and Parenting Institute • January 2006

Report Card on British Columbia’s Secondary Schools: 2002 Edition
This paper outlines the indicators used by the Fraser Institute to measure the performance of British Columbia's high schools.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• The Fraser Institute • March 01, 2002

Report Card on British Columbia’s Secondary Schools: 2002 Edition
This paper outlines the indicators used by the Fraser Institute to measure the performance of British Columbia's high schools.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• The Fraser Institute • March 01, 2002

Report Card on Alberta's Elementary Schools: 2004 Edition
This paper outlines the indicators used by the Fraser Institute to measure the performance of Alberta's elementary schools.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• The Fraser Institute • February 01, 2004

Report Card on Alberta's Elementary Schools: 2004 Edition
This report provides an evaluation and ranking of 769 of Alberta's public, separate, private, charter, and francophone elementary schools.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• The Fraser Institute • February 01, 2004

Australian Social Trends 1998: Education - Educational Attainment: Gender differences in Educational Achievement
This article explores the gender differences in the literacy, academic performance, and educational attainment of Australian students.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Australian Bureau of Statistics • January 26, 2000

Education-to-Labour Market Pathways of Canadian Youth: Findings from the Youth in Transition Survey
This study uses data from Canada's Youth in Transition Survey to examine the paths young Canadians choose during the transition from education to the labour market and their associated outcomes.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Statistics Canada • November 1, 2007

The Family: America’s Smallest Schools
This report suggests that early home experiences influence early school achievement.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Educational Testing Service, Policy Information Center • September 2007

Why Are Most University Students Women? Evidence Based on Academic Performance, Study Habits and Parental Influences
This study uses Canadian data to account for the gender gap in university classrooms.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Statistics Canada • September 2007

Pre-kindergarten to 3rd Grade (PK-3) School-based Resources and Third Grade Outcomes
This brief examines the academic and behavioural outcomes of children at the end of grade 3 and argues that children with higher-educational risks are less likely to have had access to higher quality elementary schools.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Child Trends • August 2007

Research Facts on Homeschooling
This fact sheet provides research about those who choose to educate at home.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• National Home Education Research Institute • July 10, 2006

Assessing Proposals for Preschool and Kindergarten: Essential Information for Parents, Taxpayers, and Policymakers
This report refutes an Arizona proposal to fund state-wide centre-based preschool and full-day kindergarten arguing that similar programs have failed to improve student achievement.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Goldwater Institute • February 8, 2005

Children's School Readiness in the ECLS-K: Predictions to Academic, Health, and Social Outcomes in First Grade
This report examines how children's cognitive, social and emotional abilities interact as they adjust to the start of school.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Elsevier • September 2006

Overview: Children in Canada in the 1990’s
This paper provides an overview of the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY) for 1994-1995.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Human Resources Development Canada • November 01, 1996

The Education and Labor Market Outcomes of Adolescent Fathers
This paper looks at the long-term outcomes for men who were teen fathers and finds that they generally have lower levels of education and overall earnings.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Institute for Research on Poverty • August 01, 1993

Policy Research Issues for Canadian Youth: School-Work Transitions
This paper summarizes the literature on Canadian school-to-work transitions and provides information on emerging and ongoing policy issues such as post-secondary participation and employment patterns, skill development (including information technology), and youth entrepreneurship.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Social Development Canada • June 01, 2001

What Do Teachers Teach? A Survey of America’s Fourth and Eighth Grade Teachers
This survey asked 4th and 8th Grade teachers about their philosophies, teaching methods and practices, academic expectations for students, and opinions on other issues of education policy.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Center for Civic Innovation at the Manhattan Institute • September 01, 2002

Impact of Peer Substance Use on Middle School Performance in Washington
This paper discusses the effects of peer substance use on students' academic achievement.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Human Services Policy Center • September 12, 2000

Long-Term Poverty and Child Development in the United States: Results from the NLSY
This report looks at the association between long-term poverty and developmental deficits among children.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Institute for Research on Poverty • September 01, 1994

Post-Secondary Education Attainment in Canada and the United States in the 1990s
This paper looks at the post-secondary educational attainment of Canadians, ages 25 to 64 years, and compares the findings to United States educational attainment during 1995-1999.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Social Development of Canada • March 2002

Family Relationships and Children’s School Achievement: Data From the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth
This study analyzes how school achievement for children, ages 6 to 11, is affected by family relationship processes and family member characteristics.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Human Resources Development Canada • October 01, 1998

Determinants of Welfare Entry and Exit by Young Women
This paper demonstrates that parental reliance on welfare, family and personal attitudes towards education, family structure, academic ability, and ethnicity are all factors that affect the likelihood of welfare dependency and the rate of welfare entry and exit.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Institute for Research on Poverty • July 01, 1996

School Choice and Student Performance: Are Private Schools Really Better?
This paper compares the quality of education in public and private schools and finds that religious schools are slightly inferior in mathematics and science, yet benefit from increased security and discipline, greater opportunities for specialized courses, and extracurricular activities.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Institute for Research on Poverty • September 01, 1997

Children and Lone-Mother Families: An Investigation of Factors Influencing Child Well-Being
This paper examines the relationship between lone-mother status, mother and family characteristics, and child difficulties.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Human Resources Development Canada • October 01, 1998

Australian Social Trends 1998: Education - Educational Attainment: Literacy skills
This document examines literacy statistics for Australia and compares these findings to international literacy data.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Australian Bureau of Statistics • January 26, 2000

Disruptive Events during the High School Years and Educational Attainment
This paper examines how high school attendance, dropout rates, and the pursuit of post-secondary education are affected by family structure and family relocation.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Institute for Research on Poverty • August 01, 1998

Bullying and Victimization Among Canadian School Children
This study uses the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth to research bullying among school-aged children in Canada.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Human Resources Development Canada • October 01, 1998

The Effect of Neighborhood Characteristics on Young Adult Outcomes: Alternative Estimates
This paper examines the impact of neighbourhood composition on adult outcomes for young women and finds that past research on this subject overstates the effect of neighbourhood factors.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Institute for Research on Poverty • September 01, 1996

Teachers, Race and Student Achievement in a Randomized Experiment
This study addressed the question of whether or not students' academic achievement is actually enhanced by having a teacher of the same ethnic background as themselves.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Education Next • April 01, 2003

Patterns of Young Children’s Development: An International Comparison of Development as Assessed by “Who Am I?”
This paper discusses the applicability of Who Am I?--a measure of school readiness--across different cultures, and looks at how age and level of schooling affects children’s performances at certain tasks.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Human Resources Development Canada • April 01, 2002

Report Card on Aboriginal Education in British Columbia: 2004 Edition
This paper looks at the performance of Aboriginal Students in BC schools and finds that the education system is failing British Columbia's Aboriginal students.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• The Fraser Institute • February 01, 2004

Report Card on Alberta's Elementary Schools: 2003 Edition
This paper outlines the indicators used by the Fraser Institute to measure the performance of Alberta's elementary schools.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• The Fraser Institute • February 01, 2003

Report Card on British Columbia’s Secondary Schools: 2004 Edition
This paper outlines the indicators used by the Fraser Institute to measure the performance of British Columbia's high schools.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• The Fraser Institute • March 01, 2004

Australian Social Trends 2001: Education - Participation in Education: Trends in Completing School
This article examines the educational attainment statistics for Australian youth as well as the factors influencing adolescents' decisions to drop-out.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Australian Bureau of Statistics • May 20, 2002

Academic Achievement in American Cities: Comparison of Public Comprehensive, Public Magnet, Catholic, and Non-Religious Private High Schools
This paper discusses the many failures of comprehensive public schools in urban areas and looks at possible alternatives.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Institute for Research on Poverty • July 01, 1994

Learning From Success: What Americans Can Learn From School Choice in Canada
This paper looks at why it is that Canadian students perform better in school than do their American counterparts.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• The Fraser Institute • February 01, 2002

At What Age Should Children Enter Kindergarten? A Question for Policy Makers and Parents
This paper looks at whether or not older children have an academic advantage over younger ones in kindergarten and the early years of school.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Society for Research in Child Development • 2002

Is History Destiny? Resources, Transitions and Child Education Attainments in Canada
Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY), this report examines how a person’s past history (resources, transitions, attainments) affects their future outcomes, and the role policy interventions can play in order to improve these outcomes.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Human Resources Development Canada • December 01, 2002

Would Higher Tuition Fees Restrict Access to University Studies?
Using Quebec as an example, this paper argues that lowering tuition fees does not lead to increased enrolment in universities.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Montreal Economic Institute • February 01, 2004

Trailing the Class: Sole Parent Families and Educational Disadvantage
This paper explores the relationship between lower levels of academic achievement and family structure.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Centre for Independent Studies • June 26, 2000

Can Early Intervention Prevent High School Dropout? Evidence from the Chicago Child-Parent Centers
This paper explores the relationship between particpation in early childhood education centres and programs, and high school drop out rates.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Institute for Research on Poverty • November 01, 1998

Background for Community Level Work on Educational Adjustment in Adolescence: Reviewing the Literature on Contributing Factors
This paper looks at students' educational adjustment by examining academic performance, achievement motivators, school engagement, and educational goals and expectations.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Child Trends • December 2001

Ability, Parental Background and Educational Policy: Empirical Evidence from a Social Experiment
This study investigates the effects of Swedish educational reforms that extended the number of years of compulsory education and improved access to academic education.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Institute for Fiscal Studies • April 08, 2003

At Home and in School: Racial and Ethnic Gaps in Educational Preparedness
This article examines conditions from early childhood through to high school that influence or predict educational attainment, with particular attention paid to racial and ethnic differences in these indicators.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Public Policy Institute of California • November 2001

Risk Factors for Adolescent Academic Achievement
This paper briefly discusses factors that put adolescents at risk for poor academic achievement, including substance use, uninvolved parents, employment, and the negative influence of peer groups.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• University of Wisconsin Center for Excellence in Family Studies • 1998

Readiness to Learn at School
This article looks at studies of children's readiness to learn.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Isuma • Autumn 2000

School Achievement and Labour Market Outcomes
This study looks at the influence of various factors, including school achievement and educational attainment, on the employment status and earnings of young Australians.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Centre for Economic Policy Research • April 1999

Do High Grading Standards Affect Student Performance?
This paper discusses the impact of educational standards and expectations on the academic performance of children.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• The Hoover Institute • February 01, 2003

Report Card on Alberta’s High Schools: 2001 Edition
This paper outlines the indicators used by the Fraser Institute to measure the performance of Alberta's high schools.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• The Fraser Institute • May 01, 2001

School Finance Reforms, Tax Limits, and Student Performance: Do Reforms Level Up or Dumb Down?
This paper examines the effect that changes to public school funding have on students' math and reading test performance.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Institute for Research on Poverty • September 01, 1997

Australian Social Trends 2002: Education - Educational Attainment: Literacy and Numeracy Among School Students
This document looks statistics on the educational attainment for Australian students in regards to literacy and mathematics.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Australian Bureau of Statistics • May 09, 2002

Report Card on Alberta’s High Schools: 2002 Edition
This paper outlines the indicators used by the Fraser Institute to measure the performance of Alberta's high schools.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• The Fraser Institute • May 01, 2002

Grade Retention and School Performance: An Extended Investigation
This paper outlines several predictors of grade retention for children and provides evidence that grade retention does not promote student achievement but rather impedes academic and social development.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Institute for Research on Poverty • August 01, 1998

Let the Funding Follow the Children: A Solution for Special Education in Ontario
This paper looks at evidence that the public school system is not adequately dealing with the needs of exceptional (special needs) students.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• The Fraser Institute • April 01, 2004

School Vouchers and Student Achievement: What We Know So Far
This research brief examines the potential effects of school vouchers on the academic achievement of disadvantaged students.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Center for Child and Family Policy • 2003

Using Siblings to Investigate the Effects of Family Structure on Educational Attainment
This paper seeks to determine the extent to which family structure influences students' academic performance and educational choices.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Institute for Research on Poverty • September 01, 1997

Why Canadian Education Isn’t Improving.
This paper suggests that the Canadian education system is mediocre despite significant economic investment.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• The Fraser Institute • September 2006

The Puzzle of Boys' Educational Decline: A Review of the Evidence
This paper reviews past research on the growing inequalities between the academic perfomance and achievement of girls and boys.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• The Centre for Independent Studies • November 18, 1999

Homeschooling: From the Extreme to the Mainstream
This paper briefly discusses the basics and background of homeschooling and its impact on public policy, as well as the academic and social performance of homeschooled children.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• The Fraser Institute • 2001

The Role of University Characteristics in Determining Post-graduation Outcomes: Panel Evidence from Three Recent Canadian Cohorts
This report compares earnings of Canadian undergraduate students five years after graduation.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Statistics Canada • February 2007

The Busy Lives of Teens
This study examines the average number of daily hours Canadian teens spend on housework, paid work and school-related activities.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Statistics Canada • May 2007

If You Build It, They Will Come: The Impact Of New Universities On Local Youth
This literature review explores research on students’ university attendance and finds that students who grow up closer to a university are more likely to attend.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Statistics Canada • February 2007

Why Marriage Matters: 21 Conclusions From the Social Sciences
This paper discusses the economic, educational, psychological, health-related, and developmental benefits of marriage and the negative consequences of divorce.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Centre of the American Experiment • 2002

Respectful Schools: Restorative Practices in Education
This study reports on the successful use of restorative justice practices within New Zealand high schools in response to behaviour problems and under achievement.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Office of the Children’s Commissioner and the Institute of Policy Studies, School of Government, Victoria University, Wellington • January 2007

School Choice and Equality: Learning from Overseas Experience
This paper examines education policy in parts of Europe and North America, focusing on voucher systems, tax incentives, and independent school initiatives such as Free Schools and Charter Schools.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Civitas • December 2005

Extended Early Childhood Intervention and School Achievement: Age 13 Findings from the Chicago Longitudinal Study
This study measured the academic performance of a group of black, inner-city children who had participated in the Chicago Child-Parent Center and Expansion Program.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Institute for Research on Poverty • July 01, 1996

Out-of-School Time-Use During Middle Childhood in a Low-Income Sample: Do Combinations of Activities Affect Achievement and Behaviour?
This paper examines the relationship between out-of-school activity participation for low-income children and their academic, developmental, and behavioural outcomes.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Social Research and Demonstration Corporation • July 01, 2004

A Longitudinal Analysis of Family Relationships and Children's School Achievement in One- and Two-Parent Families
This paper analyzes data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY) and assesses how factors such as family structure, family processes, and child characteristics are associated with teachers’ judgments of children’s academic success.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Social Development Canada • June 2000

Are Married Parents Really Better for Children? What Research Says About the Effects of Family Structure on Child Well-Being
This paper examines the impact of family structure on child development, well-being, family income and overall child welfare.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Centre for Law And Social Policy • May 01, 2003

Children and Divorce: A Snapshot
This document looks at the short-term, intermediate, and long-term effects that divorce has on various aspects of the lives of the children involved and discusses factors that can mediate these effects.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Center for Law and Social Policy • October 01, 1998

Educational Outcomes at Age 19 Associated with Reading Ability at Age 15
This study concluded that students with lower reading levels at age 15 had a more difficult time graduating from high school and were more likely to drop out of high school or to remain in highschool later than their peers.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Statistics Canada • June 2006

Closing the Reading Gap: First Year Findings from a Randomized Trial of Four Reading Interventions for Striving Readers
This large-scale, longitudinal study evaluated four elementary school level reading programs that aimed at increasing literacy proficiency.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Corporation for the Advancement of Policy Evaluation • February 2006

Readiness to Learn at School Among Five-year-old Children in Canada
This study examined the readiness to learn among Canadian children at 5 years of age by measuring abilities, behaviours and attitudes important in early school achievement.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Statistics Canada • November 2006

Improving Primary and Secondary Education on Reserves in Canada
This paper identifies the high secondary school incompletion rate among aboriginals and proposes a First Nations Education Act to improve education on reserves.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Caledon Institute of Social Policy • October 2006

Education Indicators in Canada: Report of the Pan-Canadian Education Indicators Program 2005
This report examines educational indicators in Canada such as public and private expenditure on education, public expenditure on education compared to other government programs and debt loads incurred by college and university students upon graduation.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Statistics Canada • April 2006

The Legacy of Parental Divorce: Social, Economic and Demographic Experiences in Adulthood
This paper discusses the impact of childhood parental divorce and explores the extent to which divorce causes negative, long-term, educational, emotional, psychological, financial, and relational outcomes for children of divorce.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion • October 01, 1997

Educating Children in Foster Care
This paper explores the academic performance of children in foster care, and looks at various obstacles to their educational achievement, as well as possible causes for their poor educational outcomes.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• The National Conference of State Legislatures • Dececmber 2003

Supporting Vulnerable Learners in the Primary Grades: Strategies to Prevent Early School Failure
This article discusses strategies for helping children who are vulnerable to school failure.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Early Childhood and Parenting (ECAP) Collaborative • Fall 2003

Youth Development Programs and Educationally Disadvantaged Youth: A Synthesis
This American study examines programs and services available for older disadvantaged youth.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Child Trends • July 2003

Academic Achievement Programs and Youth Development: A Synthesis
This study examines the influence of academic achievement on adolescent development and reviews specific US academic achievement programs.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Child Trends • January 2002

Measuring Up: The Performance of Canada’s Youth in Reading, Mathematics and Science
This paper examines the academic achievement of Canadian youth in the later years of their schooling.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Human Resources Development Canada, Statistics Canada, Council of Ministers of Education, Canada • December 2001

Maternal Employment, Migration, and Child Development
This article evaluates the roles and relationships between parental and school influences on child development.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill • November 2003

Schooling Family, Background, and Adoption: Does Family Income Matter?
This paper examines the relationship between family income and children's educational attainment while controlling for parental ability by including an examination of adopted children.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Institute for the Study of Labor • January 2001

Educational Production in East Asia: The Impact of Family Background and Schooling Policies on Student Performance
This paper examines the relative effects of educational policies and family background on the academic performance of students in five high-achieving countries in East Asia.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Institute for the Study of Labor • March 2003

How Equal Are Educational Opportunities? Family Background and Student Achievement in Europe and the US?
This paper examines educational equality and the effects of family background on students' educational performance in the United States and 17 Western European countries.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Center for Economic Studies IFO • March 2004

Pupil Achievement, School Resources and Family Background
While controlling for the potential effects of family background, this paper examines the effects of school resources, such as teacher qualifications and teacher hours per pupil, on secondary students' academic performance in Norway.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Institute for the Study of Labor • January 2005

Corporal Punishment and Academic Achievement Scores of Young Children: A Longitudinal Study
This paper provides evidence that corporal punishment may lead to decreased academic performance among children.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Family Research Laboratory • 2003

Ensuring Equity for Families with Young Children: Transition to School Programs in Sydney, Inner West
This paper analyses the strengths and weaknesses of programs designed to help young children and their families transition into the formal school system in Sydney, Australia.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Healthy Childhood Research Group • 2003

Welfare Policies Matter for Children and Youth: Lessons for TANF Reauthorization
This policy brief discusses the effects of welfare and employment policies on children and adolescents.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• MDRC • March 2002

How Welfare and Work Policies for Parents Affect Adolescents: A Synthesis of Research
This report reviews existing research relating to the effects of welfare to work initiatives for low-income mothers on their adolescent children.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• MDRC • May 2002

Effects of Welfare and Employment Policies on Young Children: New Findings on Policy Experiments Conducted in the Early 1990s
This paper examines the short and long term effects of welfare and employment programs on the school achievement of children of different ages.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• The Society for Research in Child Development • 2005

Making the Most of Kindergarten: Present Trends and Future Issues in the Provision of Full-day Programs
This paper examines trends in the provision of full-day and half-day kindergarten, describes the activities that children engage in in both programs, and compares the academic and social outcomes of children in both programs.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• National Institute for Early Education Research • March 2005

A League Table of Educational Disadvantage in Rich Nations
This report examines the effectiveness of public education systems across the developed world, and assesses the extent of educational disadvantage in industrialized nations.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre • November 2002

Competent Children at 12
This report is part of a longitudinal study into the roles of the home and education in the development of children's competencies from age five until they leave school.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• New Zealand Council for Educational Research • 2004

Strengthening Head Start: What the Evidence Shows
This paper argues that the fragmented approach to early childhood education and care in the United States has prevented programs, such as Head Start, from being as effective as possible.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services • June 2003

State-Funded Pre-Kindergarten: What the Evidence Shows
This report examines state support for early childhood education and assesses the quality and effectiveness of state-funded preschool education.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services • December 2003

Homeschools: The Growth and Success of Home Education
This paper explores the growth in the homeschool movement in the United States over the past several years and examines the academic and social outcomes of homeschooled students.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• North Carolina Family Policy Council • April 2003

Playing Catch-Up: How Children Born to Teen Mothers Fare
This paper compares the well-being of kindergarten children born to teenage mothers with those born to older mothers.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy • January 2005

Measuring up: Canadian Results of the OECD PISA Study
Canadian students are among the top academically according to a recent international comparison of math, science, literacy, and problem solving abilities.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Statistics Canada • December 2004

Schooling and Parental Death
This study of children in Indonesia looks at the negative effects that parental death can have on school enrolment and child outcomes.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Center for International and Development Economics Research • 2003

From Kindergarten through Third Grade: Children's Beginning School Experiences
This report provides information about children's cognitive gains in mathematics, science, and reading knowledge and skill from kindergarten to the third grade.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• National Center for Education Statistics • August 2004

Homeschooling: Back to the Future?
This paper examines the historical development and present-day prevalence of homeschooling in America.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• CATO Institute • January 07, 1998

Juveniles Who Have Sexually Offended: A Review of the Professional Literature
This paper discusses social and cognitive development, family history, sexual knowledge and experiences, and mental health problems of youth who commit sexual offenses.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention • March 2001

The Role of Pretend Play in Children's Cognitive Development
This article examines the connection between a child's cognitive development and the quality of his pretend play.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Early Childhood and Parenting (ECAP) Collaborative • Spring 2002

Trends in the Well-Being of America’s Children and Youth 2003
This report provides statistical information on over 80 indicators of child and youth well-being in the United States.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services • July 19, 2004

What do Fathers Contribute to Children's Well-Being?
This paper explores the relationship between father involvement and children's social, cognitive, and educational outcomes.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Child Trends • May 01, 1999

Children Who Enter Kindergarten Late or Who Repeat Kindergarten: Their Characteristics and Later School Performance
This issue brief discusses the prevalence and long-term effectiveness of delaying kindergarten entry and having children repeat kindergarten.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• National Center for Education Statistics • June 2000

Moving up the Grades: Relationship between Preschool Model and Later School Success
This article discusses a study which examines the effects of three different preschool models on future school achievement.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Early Childhood and Parenting (ECAP) Collaborative • Spring 2002

The Role of Child Development and Social Interaction in the Selection of Children's Literature to Promote Literacy Acquisition
This article discusses the importance of literature in child development.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Early Childhood and Parenting (ECAP) Collaborative • Fall 2003

Exploring the Influence of the National School Lunch Program on Children
This paper examines the impact of the National School Lunch Program on children's social, academic, and physical development.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Institute for Research on Poverty • January 01, 2004

Continuity and Change in Pathways to Young Adult Disadvantage: Results from a British Birth Cohort
In this paper, childhood and adolescent precursors to adult disadvantage are studied in order to determine whether or not childhood experiences affect educational, financial, social, and employment-related outcomes later in life.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion • April 2003

The Mental Health of Children Looked After by Local Authorities in Wales
This paper discusses the prevalence and nature of mental health problems in children who live in foster homes or residential care centers in Wales.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Office for National Statistics • 2004

Income and Child Well-Being: A New Perspective on the Poverty Debate
This paper examines the relationship between poverty and child development and looks at how family income impacts child health, behaviour, social interactions, academic performance, and involvement in recreational activities.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Canadian Council on Social Development • 1999

Children Cared for by Relatives: What Do We Know About Their Well-Being?
This paper presents evidence that children who live with relatives have significantly worse outcomes in terms of emotional and behavioural development, school achievement and involvement, health, and adult interaction than those who live with their parents.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Urban Institute • May 01, 2002

Abstract
This paper discusses the prevalence and nature of mental health problems in children who live in foster homes or residential care centers in England.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Office for National Statistics • 2003

The Mental Health of Young People Looked After by Local Authorities in Scotland
This paper discusses the prevalence and nature of mental health problems in young people who live in foster homes or residential care centers in Scotland.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Office for National Statistics • 2004

Emotions Matter: Making the Case for the Role of Young Children’s Emotional Development for Early School Readiness
This article discusses children's emotional development and how it affects their readiness for school.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Society for Research in Child Development • January 2002

Low Birth Weight, Social Factors and Developmental Outcomes Among Children in the United States
This paper examines the relative impact of poor birth outcomes and social risk factors on children's development.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Population Research Center • January 01, 2002

Academic and Behavioral Outcomes among the Children of Young Mothers
Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, this paper investigates the academic and behavioural outcomes for children of young mothers.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Joint Center for Poverty Research • June 26, 2000

The Educational Costs of Being Multiracial: Evidence from a National Survey of Adolescents
This paper uses data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Adolescent Health to assess racial differences in vocabulary scores, grade point averages and grade retention.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Population Studies Center • August 2002

Family Structure, Schooling Outcomes, and Investment in Education in South Africa
This paper examines the effect of family structure on South African children's school outcomes and the amount of money invested in their education.
• Category: Education > Academic Performance/Achievement
• Population Studies Center • September 2003

Family Structure and Children’s Educational Outcomes: Blended Families, Stylized Facts, and Descriptive Regressions
This paper investigates the impact of family structure on children's educational outcomes by comparing the academic performance of children in traditional and blended families.