ERIC Number: ED671202
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Publication Date: 2020-Feb
Pages: 59
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Bias in the Air: A Nationwide Exploration of Teachers' Implicit Racial Attitudes, Aggregate Bias, and Student Outcomes. EdWorkingPaper No. 20-205
Mark J. Chin; David M. Quinn; Tasminda K. Dhaliwal; Virginia S. Lovison
Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University
Theory suggests that teachers' implicit racial attitudes affect their students, but we lack large-scale evidence on US teachers' implicit biases and their correlates. Using nationwide data from Project Implicit, we find that teachers' implicit White/Black biases (as measured by the implicit association test) vary by teacher gender and race. Teachers' adjusted bias levels are lower in counties with larger shares of Black students. In the aggregate, counties in which teachers hold higher levels of implicit and explicit racial bias have larger adjusted White/Black test score inequalities and White/Black suspension disparities.
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Racism, African American Students, White Students, Gender Differences, Racial Differences, Counties, Tests, Scores, Suspension, Disproportionate Representation, Ethnicity, Educational Attainment, Racial Composition, Probability, Charter Schools, Hispanic American Students, Teacher Student Ratio, Socioeconomic Status, Academic Achievement, Achievement Gap, Teacher Characteristics, Minority Groups
Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University. Brown University Box 1985, Providence, RI 02912. Tel: 401-863-7990; Fax: 401-863-1290; e-mail: annenberg@brown.edu; Web site: https://annenberg.brown.edu/
Related Records: EJ1272557
Publication Type: Reports - Research
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Language: English
Sponsor: Spencer Foundation
Authoring Institution: Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University
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