<p>Low income hinders college attendance for even the highest achieving students - Economic Policy Institute</p>
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<p>Why did they base it off 8th math performance instead of performance over all subjects in 11th grade? Easier to bias the report? Considering they don’t actually show a chart for high school completition that clearly wasn’t the concern. </p>
<p>Furthermore, it’s not based entirely on income:</p>
<p>“Socioeconomic status was measured by a composite score of parental education and occupations, and family income.”</p>
<p>“Socioeconomic status was measured by a composite score of parental education and occupations, and family income.”</p>
<p>This alone is basis enough not to view this as an accurate study. How would they classify our family income? Husband=no college yet earns more than many who have attended college. Wife=college degree yet is unemployed right now by choice.</p>
<p>In addition, basing success/failure on scores of an 8th grade math test is ridiculous.</p>
<p>Regarding income, there are people that choose to work less hours and settle for their current income and then there are people who earn less/hr but yet work more hours or additional jobs and this brings their income level up. Aren’t these factors also important when analyzing income? For instance, if one person works 60+ hours a week while another works a 40 hour week, how do they factor that into the equation? IMO, there is so much more data that needs to be included when analyzing this topic.</p>