Same-Race Student-Teacher: Comparing Outcomes for Kindergartners with and without Disabilities

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Title: Same-Race Student-Teacher: Comparing Outcomes for Kindergartners with and without Disabilities
Language: English
Authors: Gottfried, Michael A., Kirksey, J. Jacob, Wright, Adam
Source: Remedial and Special Education. Aug 2019 40(4):225-235.
Availability: SAGE Publications and Hammill Institute on Disabilities. 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. Tel: 800-818-7243; Tel: 805-499-9774; Fax: 800-583-2665; e-mail: journals@sagepub.com; Web site: http://sagepub.com
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 11
Publication Date: 2019
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education
Elementary Education
Primary Education
Descriptors: Race, Teacher Student Relationship, Kindergarten, Students with Disabilities, Elementary School Students, Ethnicity, Emotional Development, Social Development, Young Children, Educational Benefits, Elementary School Teachers, Interpersonal Competence, Mathematics Achievement, Reading Achievement, Minority Group Students, Minority Group Teachers, African Americans, Hispanic Americans
Assessment and Survey Identifiers: Social Skills Rating System
DOI: 10.1177/0741932518810870
ISSN: 0741-9325
Abstract: Although numerous studies have examined if students of color benefit from having a teacher of the same race/ethnicity, all attention has been paid to students without disabilities. We examine whether the same benefits hold for students with disabilities (SWDs). Using a nationally representative data set of kindergartners, we explored whether SWDs of color had different academic and social-emotional outcomes when with a teacher of the same race/ethnicity. We compared students of color with and without disabilities in the same classroom with regard to a same-race teacher match. Unlike students without disabilities, we do not find evidence in the data set that SWDs of color benefit from a same-race teacher match in terms of achievement and social-emotional development. Implications with regard to educational equity are discussed.
Abstractor: As Provided
Entry Date: 2019
Accession Number: EJ1221941
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:Although numerous studies have examined if students of color benefit from having a teacher of the same race/ethnicity, all attention has been paid to students without disabilities. We examine whether the same benefits hold for students with disabilities (SWDs). Using a nationally representative data set of kindergartners, we explored whether SWDs of color had different academic and social-emotional outcomes when with a teacher of the same race/ethnicity. We compared students of color with and without disabilities in the same classroom with regard to a same-race teacher match. Unlike students without disabilities, we do not find evidence in the data set that SWDs of color benefit from a same-race teacher match in terms of achievement and social-emotional development. Implications with regard to educational equity are discussed.
ISSN:0741-9325
DOI:10.1177/0741932518810870