Determinants of Student Successes in Transition from Basic Education to Secondary Education (TEOG) Examination: An Analysis Related to Non-School Variables

Abstract

Purpose of the study is to analyze the student successes in Transition from Elementary Education to Secondary Education (TEOG) Examination through some non-school variables. The study was designed using relational screening model. The study employed questionnaire as data collection tool. The TEOG examination scores of the students were obtained from the school administrations. The participants of the study, consisting of 527 parents of eighth grade students, were selected using layered sampling method. The results of the study indicated that the TEOG examination successes of the students increase with the increase in the socio-economic and socio-cultural variables. It was observed through the indicators related to socio-economic and socio-cultural variables that the education level and annual education expenditure for the child were important. The study results showed that the academic successes of the students increase with the increase in the education levels of the parents and the annual education expenditure for the child. The results of the multiple linear regression analysis indicated that the house income, annual education expenditure for the child, and education levels of the parents predicted the TEOG scores of the students. It is necessary in the long-term to change these variables in favor of the disadvantaged groups for the academic successes of the students.