A Replicable Identity-Based Intervention Reduces the Black-White Suspension Gap at Scale

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Title: A Replicable Identity-Based Intervention Reduces the Black-White Suspension Gap at Scale
Language: English
Authors: Borman, Geoffrey D. (ORCID 0000-0002-7039-8208), Pyne, Jaymes (ORCID 0000-0003-2570-5384), Rozek, Christopher S. (ORCID 0000-0003-4389-8538), Schmidt, Alex
Source: American Educational Research Journal. Apr 2022 59(2):284-314.
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Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 31
Publication Date: 2022
Sponsoring Agency: Institute of Education Sciences (ED)
Contract Number: R305A110136
R305B150003
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
Grade 7
Junior High Schools
Middle Schools
Secondary Education
Grade 8
Descriptors: Identification (Psychology), Intervention, Racial Differences, African American Students, White Students, Suspension, Stereotypes, Grade 7, Middle School Students, Program Effectiveness, Grade 8, Racial Identification, Educational Change, Self Esteem
Geographic Terms: Wisconsin (Madison)
DOI: 10.3102/00028312211042251
ISSN: 0002-8312
1935-1011
Abstract: Nationally, educators suspend Black students at greater rates than any other group. This disproportionality is fueled by stereotypes casting Black students as "troublemakers"--a label students too often internalize as part of their identities. Across two independent double-blind randomized field trials involving over 2,000 seventh graders in 11 middle schools, we tested the efficacy of a brief intervention to buffer students from stereotypes and mitigate the racial suspension gap. The self-affirmation intervention helps students access positive aspects of their identities less associated with troublemaking in school. Confirmed in both trials, treatment effects cut Black-White suspension and office disciplinary referral gaps during seventh and eighth grade by approximately two thirds, with even greater impacts for Black students with prior infractions.
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