Classroom composition (prior achievement, race, socioeconomic status, gender) showed virtually no relationship to exposure to high-quality assignments¶
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q2 i? Across 437 classes in 19 schools, correlations between assignment quality and classroom racial, socioeconomic, gender, and prior-achievement composition were weak and statistically insignificant. → Fred M. Newmann 2001
Evidence¶
Fred M. Newmann 2001¶
Fred M. Newmann, Anthony S. Bryk, Jenny K. Nagaoka. (2001). Authentic Intellectual Work and Standardized Tests: Conflict or Coexistence? Consortium on Chicago School Research. https://consortium.uchicago.edu/publications/authentic-intellectual-work-and-standardized-tests-conflict-or-coexistence
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Classroom-level correlational analysis across the fieldwork sample of 437 classes in 19 schools (Table 1). The authors report "weak, statistically insignificant correlations" between assignment quality and composition variables; the printed coefficients (e.g., 0.06, 0.09) are small and no significance tests are quoted here.
"Across the fieldwork sample of 437 classes in 19 schools, we found only weak, statistically insignificant correlations between the quality of teach- ers' assignments and the racial or socioeconomic composition of their class- rooms and the level of students' prior achievement."
Discussion¶
Learner Variables¶
- Socioeconomic Status — predictor: outcomes differ by group: a gap reflecting circumstances and treatment, not a cause
Related Claims¶
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- Class composition indexing demand on educators (younger age, higher learning needs, disadvantage, minority status) is associated with reduced observed interactional quality in ECEC, with no association for gender — reports the opposite
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Classroom composition (prior achievement, race, socioeconomic status, gender) showed virtually no relationship to exposure to high-quality assignments |
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Classroom composition (prior achievement, race, socioeconomic status, gender) showed virtually no relationship to exposure to high-quality assignments |
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2001 |
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