TEST!!! Does Parenting Make a Difference?

I love all the worthless tests on myspace that people make up that have nothing to do with anything…all very well done…all having nothing to do with getting someone else’s random attention in hopes there might be a response.  I thought I would liven things up a bit.  I thought this was interesting, but its got nothing to do with the closest object to you, the last person you kissed, the last person you wanted to kiss, what your favorite color is, naming two objects you simply could not live without, or trying as you may to determine whether or not you are indeed a "slut."  This comes from a book I’ve been reading through and, unlike any myspace questionaire, is based on actual research outside the realm of entertainment.  I’ll try and post the answers in the next couple days, I’ll have to find the time to transcribe it from the book since I didn’t copy and paste it from a survey site.

So you’ve been warned, this might actually force you to think a little bit.  Again, if you want to talk about kissing Kyle while all you could think about was kissing Mark, form an argument for why hot pink it "totally" the best color, insist you cannot live without your cellphone, or have stratigically place your samuri sword on your desk so its technically the closest thing to you and you consequentially have the right to brag about it…you might just want to skip this one :o)

P.S. if all you could think about while kissing Kyle was kissing Mark…you probably are indeed a slut…but deep down inside, you probably already knew it.

QUESTION
Below is a list of 16 factors stuided in a 20 year program tracking students through the Chicago Public School System.  Eight of these factors are correlational with a child’s academic performance.  Keep in mind that correlation can be both positive or negative, meaning that the eight factors were present in kids who tested WELL OR POORLY.  IN other words, there are eight reasons which have merit as factors that help or hinder a child’s academic performance.  See if you can guess which of the eight had correlation with good or bad test scores and which eight just didn’t matter.
 
1.  The child has highly educated parents
2.  The child’s family is intact
3.  The parents have high socioeconomic status
4.  The child’s parents recently moved to better neighborhood than their previous.
5.  THe child’s mother was 30+ years of age at the first child’s birth
6.  The child’s mother did not work between birth and kindergarten of the chil.
7.  The child has low birthweight
8.  THe child attended a Head Start program
9.  THe child’s parents speak English in the home
10.  THe child’s parents regularly take him/her to museums
11.  The child is adopted
12.  The child is regularly spanked
13.  THe child’s parents are involved in PTA
14.  The child frequently watches television
15.  THe child has many books in his home
16.  THe child’s parents read to him/her nearly every day.
 
So…which eight DO matter or produce correlation (good or bad) with a child’s acedemic acheivement as measured by test scores?

Answers to come soonI