Student outcomes are higher when principals share students' race/ethnicity, though principals with different backgrounds can also improve outcomes through intentional antiracist approaches¶

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Evidence · 1 study · review r? · q2
Currency · newest study 2025 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Attendance, gifted program enrollment, tests, and other outcomes are higher for students whose race/ethnicity matches their principal's. → UChicago Consortium on School Research 2025 q2 i? Principals with different backgrounds from their students can also improve outcomes through intentional and antiracist approaches. → UChicago Consortium on School Research 2025

Evidence¶

UChicago Consortium on School Research 2025¶

UChicago Consortium on School Research. (2025). Family playbook: Effective principal leadership. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Consortium on School Research. https://consortium.uchicago.edu/events-and-resources

q2 · i? · review · r?

The playbook's research summary reports that "Attendance, gifted program enrollment, tests, and other outcomes are higher for students whose race/ethnicity is the same as their principal," attributing this likely to high expectations and a positive environment. No effect sizes are printed.

"Attendance, gifted program enrollment, tests, and other outcomes are higher for students whose race/ethnicity is the same as their principal—likely because of high expectations and a positive environment"

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Race and Ethnicity — moderator: an instructional effect differs by group

Related Claims¶

• Payne argues that color-blind ideology in schools precludes discussion of how outcomes and privilege are distributed by race — related
• A narrative review, citing Ford (2003), attributes the underrepresentation of culturally and linguistically diverse students in gifted education to identification measures biased toward another cultural background — related