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Direct linkBrittany LaBelle; Joseph Calvin Gagnon; Diana Joyce-Beaulieu; Jodi Lane; Nicholas Gage; John Kranzler; David E. Houchins; Holly B. Lane; Erica D. McCray; Richard G. Lambert; Shelbretta Ball – Behavioral Disorders, 2024
This study examined the clinical utility of the Massachusetts Youth Screening Instrument--Second Version (MAYSI-2) among African American (AA) incarcerated youth and used White incarcerated youth as a comparison group. Data were analyzed for 314 incarcerated youth (193 AA offenders and 121 White offenders) of ages 13-17 years who were adjudicated…
Descriptors: Screening Tests, Test Validity, African Americans, Males
Download full textMitchell, Susan; Fonseca, Manuela; LaFave, Allison – Preschool Development and Expansion Grant Technical Assistance (PDG TA), 2016
There is growing unease about suspension and expulsion of children at the preschool level. Preschoolers are expelled at three times the rate of K-12 students (Gilliam, 2005). Boys--particularly African-American boys--comprise a disproportionate number of these cases, a fact that has caused concern among parents, policymakers, and advocates alike.…
Descriptors: Suspension, Expulsion, Preschool Education, Preschool Children
McCoy, Henrika – Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 2011
Thousands of juveniles with mental health disorders enter the juvenile justice system every year. The Massachusetts Youth Screening Instrument-Version 2 (MAYSI-2) is often used to assess them. The disproportionate numbers of African American youth in the juvenile justice system and the large numbers of youth with mental health needs necessitate…
Descriptors: Health Needs, Race, Mental Health, Racial Differences
Miranda, Helena P.; Mokhtar, Christina; Tung, Rosann; Ward, Ray; French, Dan; McAlister, Sara; Marshall, Anne – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2014
This research study aims to better understand the diversity of experiences and backgrounds among Black and Latino male students in Boston Public Schools (BPS) by examining enrollment and outcomes of Black and Latino males relative to their female peers and their male peers from other racial backgrounds. Specifically, the authors designed this…
Descriptors: African American Students, Hispanic American Students, Males, Public Schools
Center on Education Policy, 2010
This paper profiles the student subgroup achievement and gap trends in Massachusetts for 2010. In grade 8 (the only grade in which subgroup trends were analyzed by achievement level), Massachusetts showed across-the-board gains--improvements in both reading and math at the basic, proficient and advanced levels for all racial/ethnic subgroups, low…
Descriptors: Scores, Trend Analysis, Reading Achievement, Mathematics Achievement
Roche, Kathleen M.; Ensminger, Margaret E.; Cherlin, Andrew J. – Journal of Family Issues, 2007
Drawing from social disorganization theory, this study examined how perceived neighborhood conditions modified associations between parenting and delinquency, depressive symptoms, and school problem behavior among more than 800 African American and Latino 10- to 14-year-olds participating in Welfare, Children, and Families: A Three-City Study.…
Descriptors: African Americans, Urban Areas, Child Rearing, Neighborhoods
Massachusetts State Dept. of Education, Boston. Bureau of Research and Assessment. – 1983
This report summarizes evaluation information on reading, writing, and mathematics achievement among elementary and secondary school students in 310 school districts in Massachusetts, after the second year of implementation of the Basic Skills Improvement Policy. The report describes data collection, analysis, and reporting procedures, summarizes…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Blacks, Comparative Analysis
