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Peer reviewedEhrenberg, Ronald G.; Brewer, Dominic J. – Economics of Education Review, 1995
Reanalyzes data from the classic 1966 Coleman Report. Addresses whether teacher characteristics, including verbal ability and race, influenced students'"synthetic gain scores." Findings support this hypothesis. Verbal scores mattered equally for black teachers and white teachers. Black teachers were associated with higher gain scores for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Blacks, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education
