Abstract:
This study aims to determine the influence of sex, some demographic characteristics (parental education, family income, family structure, housing density) as well as parent teacher relationship, on the academic achievement of the pupils of the 9th grade of 9-year schools of Tirana. To achieve this goal three questionnaires were applied and rigorous evidence was held about the obtained grades for each student (N=714) during the academicyear 2010-2011.It was found that the parent-teacher relationship is an important predictor aboutacademic achievement of adolescents. Academic achievement of students can also bepredicted by gender, parents' level of education and the level of household's monthlyincome, but on the other hand parent structure of the family, or housing density are notsignificant predictors of these achievemes. academic achievement, teacher.
