What Affects Asian Students’SchoolPerformance

Part 1- Midterm: Tiger Mother in LA

Part 2 - final:Demographic Factors

Jinghua SuoGIS ClassUrban Planning UCLA03. 15. 2011

Part 2 - final:Demographic Factors

Los Angeles Public High Schools (HS )

646

Source: CA Department of Education http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/ac/ap/

200 400 600 800 1000

API: Achievement Performance Index

881

800

646

71HS Where Asian Students Significant

646

Source: CA Department of Education http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/ac/ap/

600 800 1000 Asian Minimum713

LA Mean

646

7HS<800

Only 7 HS Asian API < 800(CA Goal)

600 800 1000

7Asian HS < 800

Source: CA Department of Education http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/ac/ap/

General Performance of Asian Students

64HS>800

1 Mile Service Area around the 8 HS1

2

3

4

5

67

8

Source: Map Share + ERSI

Low API HS Hi API HS

> 800

< 800 200 400 600 800

1.La Mirada HS2.Richard Gahr HS3.Mayfair HS4.Lakewood HS

5 Milikan HS6 Wilson HS7 PolyTechnic HS8 Jordan HS

what are affecting these Asian Students ?

1LA Mirada

2 Richard

3 Mayfair

4 Lake Wood

5 Milikan

6 Wilson

7 PolyTechnic

8 Jordan

1.La Mirada

2.Richard Gahr

3.Mayfair

4.lakewood

5 Milikan Senior

7 Polytechnic

6 Wilson

8 Jordan

Compare Median Family Income

$20,000 40,000 60,000 80,000 100,000

1

2

3

4

5

67

8

Income Matters Slightly

Source: Social Explorerwww.socialexplorer.com/pub/home/home.aspx

Compare Educational Level

5 10 15 20 25 30%

1

2

3

4

5

67

8

Parents’ Educational Level MattersSlightlySource: Social Explorerwww.socialexplorer.com/pub/home/home.aspx

Compare Asian Population Density

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80%

1

2

3

4

Peer PressureMatters Less Asian PopLess Peer PressureLess API Score

5

67

8

Source: Social Explorerwww.socialexplorer.com/pub/home/home.aspx

Compare Divorced & Separated Rate

5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40%

1

2

3

4

5

67

8

Two ParentsMattersSingle ParentLower API Score

Source: Social Explorerwww.socialexplorer.com/pub/home/home.aspx

%Separate/Divorce

Model Image ,Metadata & SkillsModel:Clip :The four Low API Schools Serve areas & LA Census Tracts

Metadata:LAHIgnSchl.ShapefileIncludes all of the 450 Public High Schools in LA, With school names and addresses.

Skills:Modeling, Metadata, Service area (Net work analysis ),Original data, Extract data-service area,Charts / images, Geocoding,Clip,Database,Graduated Symbol,Attribute Selection,

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