How is social class related to academic achievement?
a) Middle-class emerging adults are more likely than emerging adults from lower social classes to attend college following high school.
b) Numerous studies have found a negative association between family social class and children’s grades.
c) Numerous studies have found a positive association between family social class and children’s grades but not achievement test scores.
d) When entering school, middle-class children score lower than working-class and lower-class children on tests of basic academic skills.
Answer: a
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