ERIC Number: EJ1362329
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023-Mar
Pages: 30
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0042-0859
EISSN: EISSN-1552-8340
Bias or Empathy in Universal Screening? The Effect of Teacher-Student Racial Matching on Teacher Perceptions of Student Behavior
Urban Education, v58 n3 p427-456 Mar 2023
This study uses linear probability models with student and teacher fixed effects to assess whether the racial match between teachers and students affects "at-risk" ratings on a teacher-completed universal screener of student internalizing and externalizing behavior. The data are from a large, urban California school district. I find that Asian and Black teachers are more likely to rate their same-race students "at-risk" for internalizing behavior compared with how the same Asian and Black students would be rated by White teachers. These findings have implications for policy and practice aimed at enhancing universal screening for externalizing and internalizing behavior.
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Middle School Students, Middle School Teachers, Student Behavior, Bias, Screening Tests, Empathy, Race, Teacher Student Relationship, Student Characteristics, Teacher Characteristics, At Risk Students, Teacher Attitudes
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Grade 6; Intermediate Grades; Middle Schools; Grade 7; Junior High Schools; Secondary Education; Grade 8
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: Institute of Education Sciences (ED)
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers - Location: California
IES Funded: Yes
Grant or Contract Numbers: R305B090016