Ethnicity and Achievement

Question 1

Trends:

Answer 1

Chinese students are the highest performing ethnic groups, black pupils and gypsy/Roma pupils are among the lowest performing (also white British)

Question 2

Ethnicity is important:

Answer 2

Material deprivation - some ethnic groups are more likely to be living in low income households so pupils could lack money to buy resources and succeed.

Cultural deprivation - Some cultures may not value education as higher as others (such as Chinese families) and so do not encourage / push pupils.

Ethnocentric - The national curriculum may only be focused on White British culture and show negative aspects of other cultures (e.g. in history) - could decrease motivation.

Teacher labelling - Teachers may label some ethnicities - self-fulfilling prophecy.

Question 3

Not important:

Answer 3

Higher % of ethnic minorities going to university
Worst performing groups: White, working class boys