Introduction
The family daily life is complicated and busy without large economic factors affecting daily life. Amongst the many daily activities affecting families synchronizing schedules, extracurricular activities, bills, and student achievement. The Great Recession of 2008 and 2009 had many effects on the state of the economy; however, how economic downturns effect student achievement is not usually addressed. When the economy is negatively shocked from factors of the great recession, it calls to question whether the recession affects the younger generation similarly to the adult generations. In student achievement, the primary and secondary school students are normally tracked via standardized testing for both the federal and state government entities, and their performance is recorded on an annual basis. Researching this topic will give insight to educators and parents as to how economic downturns affect the academic performance of the students.
In order to analyze the effects that the recession had on Primary and Secondary School students, one should look at economic factors that may affect the household within a student’s family and the scholastic measurement that governments use to determine student achievement. The Great recession was instigated from factors that showed signs well before and lingered years after the Federal Reserve’s …show more content…
The paper titled “Academic performance and the Great Recession,” was research in regards to university student and the dropout rates resulting from the Great Recession contributing factors (2014, Adamopoulou and Tanzi). The research was focused in Italy and the academic performance results of individually surveyed students. Although the title inspired the research topic, the research parameters are mostly different and are being applied to an even younger generation than university
The family daily life is complicated and busy without large economic factors affecting daily life. Amongst the many daily activities affecting families synchronizing schedules, extracurricular activities, bills, and student achievement. The Great Recession of 2008 and 2009 had many effects on the state of the economy; however, how economic downturns effect student achievement is not usually addressed. When the economy is negatively shocked from factors of the great recession, it calls to question whether the recession affects the younger generation similarly to the adult generations. In student achievement, the primary and secondary school students are normally tracked via standardized testing for both the federal and state government entities, and their performance is recorded on an annual basis. Researching this topic will give insight to educators and parents as to how economic downturns affect the academic performance of the students.
In order to analyze the effects that the recession had on Primary and Secondary School students, one should look at economic factors that may affect the household within a student’s family and the scholastic measurement that governments use to determine student achievement. The Great recession was instigated from factors that showed signs well before and lingered years after the Federal Reserve’s …show more content…
The paper titled “Academic performance and the Great Recession,” was research in regards to university student and the dropout rates resulting from the Great Recession contributing factors (2014, Adamopoulou and Tanzi). The research was focused in Italy and the academic performance results of individually surveyed students. Although the title inspired the research topic, the research parameters are mostly different and are being applied to an even younger generation than university