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Direct linkCarrol, Summer A. – Journal of Negro Education, 2017
The objective of this study was to investigate Black teachers' perceptions of their impact on Black student achievement. Study participants included teachers with 2-15 years of experience from neighboring school districts in the mid-Atlantic region of the United States. Data were collected during school-year 2011-2012. Methods included journal…
Descriptors: African American Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Females, English Teachers
Cooper, Robert; Davis, Jonathan C. W. – Journal of Negro Education, 2015
Using data from a multi-year study of eleven low-performing high schools, Cooper and Davis examine the academic aspirations and motivations of urban African American high school students in California. Situating their discussion within the context of neoliberalism and its manifestation in urban school reform and community cohesion, the authors…
Descriptors: African American Students, High School Students, Academic Aspiration, Student Motivation
Pinder, Patrice; Prime, Glenda; Wilson, Jonathan – Journal of Negro Education, 2014
The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of parental factors on the environmental science performance of Black Caribbean and Black American students in a Mid-Atlantic U.S. state. The study employed two instruments: (a) a student background questionnaire and (b) an environmental science teacher designed test. The instruments were…
Descriptors: African American Students, Blacks, Minority Group Students, Correlation
Corra, Mamadi; Carter, J. Scott; Carter, Shannon K. – Journal of Negro Education, 2011
Data from the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction archive are used to assess the joint effect of race and gender on advanced academic (advanced placement and honors) course enrollment within a school district with an open enrollment policy. Using student SAT scores; the authors compare expected levels of advanced course enrollment for…
Descriptors: Advanced Courses, Advanced Placement, Open Enrollment, White Students
Rowley, Rochelle L.; Wright, David W. – Journal of Negro Education, 2011
Racial inequality in education is a serious problem in the United States. The latest government attempt to address this problem was the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB). This study used the Educational Longitudinal Study of 2002 (ELS: 2002) to examine the relationship between race and composite reading and math scores among Black and White…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, African American Students, Federal Legislation, Grade 10
Chambers, Terah Venzant – Journal of Negro Education, 2009
Closing the racial achievement gap has been a cornerstone of recent education reform, especially as accountability measures are increasingly relied upon to drive academic performance standards. This article questions the term "achievement gap" and its implication that White students perform better on standardized tests due to greater effort and…
Descriptors: African American Students, Standardized Tests, Academic Achievement, Racial Differences
