Teachers' Racial Bias: Can Teachers Rate an African American Boy Similarly to His Racial Counterparts on Problem Behaviors for a Broad Rating Scale?

Autor/in	Woods, Isaac L., Jr.
Titel	Teachers' Racial Bias: Can Teachers Rate an African American Boy Similarly to His Racial Counterparts on Problem Behaviors for a Broad Rating Scale?
Quelle	In: School Psychology Review, 52 (2023) 3, S.264-278 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0279-6015
DOI	10.1080/2372966X.2022.2041212
Schlagwörter	Racism; Racial Attitudes; Teacher Attitudes; Student Evaluation; African American Students; Asian American Students; White Students; Special Education; Behavior Problems; Behavior Rating Scales; Vignettes; Public School Teachers; Maryland; Ohio; Pennsylvania + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Rassismus; Rassenfrage; Lehrerverhalten; Schulnote; Studentische Bewertung; African Americans; Student; Students; Afroamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Asian immigrant; United States; Asiatischer Einwanderer; USA; Special needs education; Sonderpädagogik; Sonderschulwesen
Abstract	After decades of advancement in education equality, a disproportional number of racially minoritized students are placed in special education. Addressing the disproportionality is a complicated issue due to various contributing factors. One possible cause is racial bias from teachers who rate problem behaviors of African American boys for special education evaluations. This study investigated the effect of a student's race on teachers' ratings of problem behavior for special education evaluations. In an online study, the race of an African American student, Asian American student, and European American student were manipulated in a vignette of a hypothetical child. Participants read one of three vignettes and completed the Achenbach System of Empirically Based Assessment Teacher Report Form and a 7-item questionnaire. Although results evinced teachers perceived the home life of the African American student as poorer quality, no racial bias in ratings of internalizing behaviors, externalizing behaviors, referrals for special education, likelihood of postsecondary education, and academic functioning were found. The strengths, limitations, and implications for experimental studies and clinical practice for examining racial bias are discussed. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01