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Banerjee, Meeta; Harrell, Zaje A. T.; Johnson, Deborah J. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2011
Racial/ethnic socialization has not been studied in the context of other parenting behaviors such as parental involvement in education and its relationship to children's cognitive outcomes. The present study tested the impact of racial/ethnic socialization and parental involvement in education on cognitive ability and achievement in a sample of…
Descriptors: African American Children, Socialization, Parent Participation, Academic Achievement
Finkel, Ed – District Administration, 2010
It's a familiar refrain in American education: African-American children score lower on standardized tests, graduate high school at lower rates, and are considerably more likely to be suspended or expelled than the general population. Two recent reports, one from the Council of the Great City Schools and one from the American Institutes for…
Descriptors: African American Children, Federal Legislation, Standardized Tests, Academic Achievement
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Hooper, Stephen R.; Roberts, Joanne E.; Zeisel, Susan A.; Poe, Michele – Behavioral Disorders, 2003
The authors examined (a) the extent to which kindergarten estimates of core language functions predicted teacher ratings of behavior problems in each of the child's first 4 years of elementary school and (b) the ability of core language measures to predict concurrent behavior problems at each of the early elementary school grades studied.…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, African American Children, Behavior Problems, Teacher Evaluation