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作者

Neena Banerjee

来源

EDUCATION AND URBAN SOCIETY,Vol.51,Issue.3

语言

英文

关键字

student–teacher ethno-racial matching, ability grouping, reading, hierarchical linear models

作者单位

1Valdosta State University, GA, USA

摘要

This article investigates the relationship between student–teacher ethno-racial matching and students’ placement in reading ability groups in kindergarten and first grades in the United States. Multilevel regression analysis of a nationally representative sample of students shows that Latino/a first graders are more likely to be placed in higher ability groups when assigned to Latino/a teachers. Furthermore, teachers’ perception of students’ learning behavior, a variable that has been linked to teacher–student racial congruence in the literature, has a strong positive effect on ability group placement in kindergarten and first grades. These findings have implications for minority teacher recruitment policies in school districts.