Bias or Empathy in Universal Screening? The Effect of Teacher-Student Racial Matching on Teacher Perceptions of Student Behavior

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  • Author(s): Weathers, Ericka S. (ORCID Weathers, Ericka S. (ORCID 0000-0002-9008-0838)
  • Language:
    English
  • Source:
    Urban Education. Mar 2023 58(3):427-456.
  • Publication Date:
    2023
  • Document Type:
    Journal Articles
    Reports - Research
  • Additional Information
    • Availability:
      SAGE Publications. 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. Tel: 800-818-7243; Tel: 805-499-9774; Fax: 800-583-2665; e-mail: [email protected]; Web site: https://sagepub.com
    • Peer Reviewed:
      Y
    • Source:
      30
    • Sponsoring Agency:
      Institute of Education Sciences (ED)
    • Contract Number:
      R305B090016
    • Education Level:
      Elementary Education
      Grade 6
      Intermediate Grades
      Middle Schools
      Grade 7
      Junior High Schools
      Secondary Education
      Grade 8
    • Subject Terms:
      Urban Schools; Grade 6; Grade 7; Grade 8; Middle School Students; Middle School Teachers; Student Behavior; Bias; Screening Tests; Empathy; Race; Teacher Student Relationship; Student Characteristics; Teacher Characteristics; At Risk Students; Teacher Attitudes
    • Subject Terms:
      California
    • Accession Number:
      10.1177/0042085919873691
    • ISSN:
      0042-0859
      1552-8340
    • Abstract:
      This study uses linear probability models with student and teacher fixed effects to assess whether the racial match between teachers and students affects "at-risk" ratings on a teacher-completed universal screener of student internalizing and externalizing behavior. The data are from a large, urban California school district. I find that Asian and Black teachers are more likely to rate their same-race students "at-risk" for internalizing behavior compared with how the same Asian and Black students would be rated by White teachers. These findings have implications for policy and practice aimed at enhancing universal screening for externalizing and internalizing behavior.
    • Abstract:
      As Provided
    • IES Funded:
      Yes
    • Publication Date:
      2023
    • Accession Number:
      EJ1362329