The relation between parents’ education level and students’ performance in the PISA study

• Published in: Netla
• Main Authors: Gísladóttir, Berglind, Haraldsson, Hans, Björnsdóttir, Amalía
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Icelandic
• Published: Menntavísindasvið Háskóla Íslands 2020
• Subjects: PISA; parents' education; academic achievement; international comparisons; menntun foreldra; námsárangur; félagsleg staða; alþjóðlegur samanburður; Coleman; Iceland
• Online Access: https://ojs.hi.is/netla/article/view/3104; https://doi.org/10.24270/serritnetla.2019.32

Factors within school are not the sole determinants of academic performance. Research has shown that social circumstances, like parents and family, peer group, leisure-time activities as well as other factors in the larger social milieu of individuals affect educational attainment (Bong, 2008; Colem...