TITLE:
Systematic Review: Research Trends in Underserved Students
AUTHORS:
Vanitha Dewi Veeriah, Nurfaradilla bt Mohamad Nasri
KEYWORDS:
Underserved Students, Achievement Gap, Demography, Inequality, School System, Academics, Education
JOURNAL NAME:
Creative Education,
Vol.10 No.12,
November
29,
2019
ABSTRACT: The issue of underserved students is something very
common in the field of education and almost all countries have issues regarding
underserved students in their own educational systems. A systematic review was
conducted to find out trends in underserved students particularly in their achievement gap. In this study, issues
regarding trends in underserved students and the factors that cause the
achievement gap for underserved students were analyzed where 20 articles were selected using PRISMA
protocol and Mc Dermott filtration methods. The findings are focused on the
elements that cause underserved students
such as the demography, school system, language, first generation which were identified as
factors that create an achievement gap between underserved students and others. The
study also focuses on the issues related to underserved students based on
the reports by researchers from 2009 until 2019. Factors
such as the policy makers, college
management, ICT access and Prior Learning Assessment (PLA) are some of the ways
which will help to bridge the achievement gap.