ERIC Number: EJ1380447
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023-Jul
Pages: 31
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0895-9048
EISSN: EISSN-1552-3896
Timing and Frequency Matter: Same Race/Ethnicity Teacher and Student Achievement by School Level and Classroom Organization
Hwang, NaYoung; Graff, Patrick; Berends, Mark
Educational Policy, v37 n5 p1349-1379 Jul 2023
Existing research examines whether studying with teachers of the same race/ethnicity affects student achievement, but little is known about whether those effects vary by timing and frequency. We use 7 years of administrative data from third through eighth graders in Indiana to estimate the heterogenous links between same race/ethnicity teachers and achievement by school level (i.e., elementary vs. middle schools) and self-contained classroom (i.e., self-contained vs. departmentalized classrooms). We find that the positive links between same race/ethnicity teachers and improved achievement are stronger for elementary school students and students in self-contained classrooms, particularly for Black students. Our findings highlight the importance of timing and frequent exposure to same race/ethnicity teachers in academic trajectories.
Descriptors: Teacher Characteristics, Student Characteristics, Race, Academic Achievement, Elementary School Students, Middle School Students, Classrooms, Class Organization, African American Students, Hispanic American Students, White Students, African American Teachers, Minority Group Teachers, White Teachers
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Indiana
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