The Effect of Black Peers on Black Test Scores

Autor/inn/en	Armor, David J.; Duck, Stephanie
Institution	University of Arkansas, Education Working Paper Archive
Titel	The Effect of Black Peers on Black Test Scores
Quelle	(2007), (31 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Testing; Mathematics Achievement; African American Students; Peer Influence; Scores; Effect Size; Racial Composition; Reading Achievement; Racial Differences; Family Income; Parent Influence; Educational Attainment; Teaching Experience; Family Structure; Siblings; North Carolina; South Carolina; Texas; Early Childhood Longitudinal Survey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Testdurchführung; Testen; Mathmatics sikills; Mathmatics achievement; Mathematical ability; Mathematische Kompetenz; African Americans; Student; Students; Afroamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Leseleistung; Rassenunterschied; Familieneinkommen; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Familienkonstellation; Familiensystem; Sibling; Geschwister
Abstract	Recent studies have used increasingly complex methodologies to estimate the effect of peer characteristics--race, poverty, and ability--on student achievement. A paper by Hanushek, Kain, and Rivkin using Texas state testing data has received particularly wide attention because it found a large negative effect of school percent black on black math achievement. This paper replicates the HKR models using state testing data from North and South Carolina and national testing data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study. The replications fail to support the Texas results. In most models tested, black peer effects are small and not statistically significant, and in the few instances where effects are significant, they are much weaker than those found in Texas. Moreover, it appears that computational problems in the HKR study led to incorrect estimates for black peer effects. An appendix is included. (Contains 8 tables, 5 figures and 15 footnotes.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Education Working Paper Archive. Department of Education Reform, University of Arkansas, 201 Graduate Education Building, Fayetteville, AR 72701. Tel: 479-575-3172; Fax: 479-575-3196; e-mail: edreform@uark.edu; Web site: http://www.uark.edu/ua/der/EWPA
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10