Research indicates that high levels of poverty can interfere with a school’s ability to successfully improve student achievement (e.g., Rumberger & Palardy, 2005). Some of the correlates of poverty that research has associated with poor academic achievement include: poor nutrition, inadequate health services, and high rates of illiteracy and criminal behavior, which in turn can result in high rates of student transience, absence, and indiscipline.
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[1] https://www.mona.uwi.edu/cop/sectors/education
[2] https://www.mona.uwi.edu/cop/resource-format/pdf
[3] https://www.mona.uwi.edu/cop/type-resource/reports
[4] https://www.mona.uwi.edu/cop/author-content/rose-m-ylimaki
[5] https://www.mona.uwi.edu/cop/author-content/stephen-l-jacobson-and-lawrie-drysdale
[6] https://www.mona.uwi.edu/cop/organization/universtiy-buffalo
[7] https://www.mona.uwi.edu/cop/pathsection1/library
[8] https://www.mona.uwi.edu/cop/organization/suny
[9] https://www.mona.uwi.edu/cop/organization/usa-and-university-melbourne-australia