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Borman, Geoffrey D.; Grigg, Jeffrey; Hanselman, Paul – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2016
In this districtwide scale-up, we randomly assigned seventh-grade students within 11 schools to receive a series of writing exercises designed to promote values affirmation. Impacts on cumulative seventh-grade grade point average (GPA) for the district's racial/ethnic minority students who may be subject to stereotype threat are consistent with…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Grade 7, Writing Assignments, Self Esteem