ERIC Number: EJ974345
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011
Pages: 11
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Middle School Teacher and Student Ethnicity in Texas: A MultiYear Statewide Analysis
Bone, Jamie; Slate, John R.; Martinez-Garcia, Cynthia
International Journal of Educational Leadership Preparation, v6 n4 Oct-Dec 2011
In this investigation, relationships between teacher ethnicity and student ethnicity in Texas public middle schools were examined. Through the Texas Education Agency Academic Excellence Indicator System, publicly available data on all public middle schools in Texas for the 1999-2000 through 2009-2010 school years were downloaded. Statistically significant, positive relationships with large effect sizes were yielded between teacher ethnic diversity (i.e., Hispanic, Black, and White) and student ethnic diversity (i.e., Hispanic, Black, and White, respectively) at Texas middle schools. As more Hispanic students were enrolled in a middle school, the tendency was present for more Hispanic teachers to be employed at that school. The same result was yielded for Black teachers and Black students and for White teachers and White students. (Contains 3 tables.)
Descriptors: Public Schools, Middle Schools, Ethnicity, Relationship, Middle School Students, Middle School Teachers, Effect Size, Longitudinal Studies, School Demography, Whites, Hispanic Americans, African Americans
NCPEA Publications. Web site: http://www.ncpeapublications.org
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Middle Schools
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Texas
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Academic Excellence Indicator System
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