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[Ethnic minority differences in achievement]

Ethnic minority family father and the mother holding her baby

Just like for class differences, there are certain words that will help you get better marks at GCSE and are important to use to do well at AS level when looking at ethnicity and educational achievement.

What are the differences by ethnic group in exam results?

Not all ethnic minorities do badly in education, for example Indian pupils get very good exam results.
The main ethnic minority groups who underachieve in education are Afro Carribbeans.
Until recently Bangladeshi pupils also underachieved, but their performance at GCSE has improved in recent years.

Key words used to explain differences in achievement by ethnic group

Key words: Scroll over the pictures below to reveal the term
and definition.

There are two parts to this cultural deprivation explanation:
Family Life
It has been argued in the past that Asian families are more supportive and encouraging of their children’s education than Afro Caribbean parents. Although other studies have criticised this idea.
Language
It has also been argued that some ethnic minorities underachieve as English is not their first language. However, this only accounts for a small number of ethnic minority children.

Check your understanding – ethnic minorities and differences in achievement
1.	Quiz - True or false? Decide whether the following statements are true or false.

Check your understanding – ethnic minorities and differences in achievement
2.	Quiz - Fill in the gaps in the following paragraph with the words from the list below (some words may be used more than once)