P1 Education - Measuring Class Attainment

Question 1

What is stratification?

Answer 1

Social class is the main form of social stratification in Western societies.

Question 2

What are the two different classifications that have been used for class in education?

Answer 2

SEG and NC-SEC ( both of which use occupation as an indicator of position )

Question 3

Why is it difficult to measure class differences at GCSE?

Answer 3

1. Different classifications of social class are used
2. More recent studies simply compare two measures of inequality
3. Different measures of GCSE attainment are used