The Relationship of School Structure and Support to Suspension Rates for Black and White High School Students

Autor/inn/en	Gregory, Anne; Cornell, Dewey; Fan, Xitao
Titel	The Relationship of School Structure and Support to Suspension Rates for Black and White High School Students
Quelle	In: American Educational Research Journal, 48 (2011) 4, S.904-934 (31 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0002-8312
DOI	10.3102/0002831211398531
Schlagwörter	Suspension; Academic Achievement; Grade 9; White Students; Institutional Characteristics; High Schools; African American Students; Expectation; Student Behavior; Multivariate Analysis; Discipline; Racial Differences; Risk; Adolescent Development; Student Needs + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausschluss; Schulausschluss; Schulleistung; School year 09; 9. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 09; High school; Oberschule; African Americans; Student; Students; Afroamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Expectancy; Erwartung; Student behaviour; Schülerverhalten; Multivariate Analyse; Disziplin; Rassenunterschied; Risiko
Abstract	This study examined the relationship between structure and support in the high school climate and suspension rates in a statewide sample of 199 schools. School climate surveys completed by 5,035 ninth grade students measured characteristics of authoritative schools, defined as highly supportive, yet highly structured with academic and behavioral expectations. Multivariate analyses showed that schools low on characteristics of an authoritative school had the highest schoolwide suspension rates for Black and White students after statistically controlling for school demographics. Furthermore, schools low on both structure and support had the largest racial discipline gaps. These findings highlight the characteristics of risky settings that may not meet the developmental needs of adolescents and may contribute to disproportionate disciplinary outcomes for Black students. (Contains 1 note, 4 tables, and 3 figures.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10