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Factors Predicting Academic Success For Impoverished Urban High School Freshmen., Jonathan W. Rysewyk
Factors Predicting Academic Success For Impoverished Urban High School Freshmen., Jonathan W. Rysewyk
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The purpose of the study was to identify which factors are most closely related to academic success during the freshman year for low socioeconomic students in one urban high school. This was an ex post facto study conducted in one urban high school in East Tennessee. The subjects were students enrolled in the 9th grade during the 2005-2006 and 2006-2007 academic school years. Low socioeconomic students were divided into 2 groups based on academic performance during their freshman year of high school. Students with GPAs of 2.5 or higher were classified as higher performing, low socioeconomic status (HLSES). Students …