Teachers' and students' work-culture variables associated with positive school outcome

Little is known about the relationship between teachers' family-of-origin v ariables, impacting their work attitudes and interpersonal skills, and stud ents' academic outcome. This study investigated whether goodness of fit bet ween teachers' and students' backgrounds is associated with subjective grad ing and objective achievement at school. One hundred one seventh graders an d twenty of their teachers completed the Self-Report Family Inventory. Simi larity between teachers' and students' work-culture variables was associate d with the subjective grading practices of teachers. The self-report data a lso revealed effective teacher and successful student profiles.