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motivation for own-race teachers on student achievement study

  • Particularly in the education sector, there are not that many minority teachers, which could potentially be causing the racial achievement gap
  • Studies found that teachers subconsciously evaluate their students based off similarities between the teacher and student demographics-one study showed that teachers gave better assessments to the students with the same race as them
  • Studies have also shown that teachers rate their students with different races with lower scholarly aptitude and are more likely to evaluate them as not attentive
  • A lot of studies on the topic of same race matching and school achievement have been inconclusive

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Updated 2021-01-27

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