The term 'achievement gap' fosters a negative view of Black students
The term 'achievement gap' fosters a negative view of Black students
David M Quinn, Associate Professor of Education, University of Southern California and Tara-Marie Desruisseaux, Research Associate in Education, University of Southern California -
The big idea
Despite long-standing efforts to close the racial “achievement gap” in education, the term does more to trigger racist stereotypes and causes a lower sense of urgency than when the issue is presented as the need to “end inequality in educational outcomes.”
Those are the key findings of a new study in which we examined the effect that the two different terms had on teachers and others.
To reach this conclusion, we conducted two different survey experiments – one with teachers and one with nonteachers.
READ MORE: The term 'achievement gap' fosters a negative view of Black students https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/the...
David M Quinn, Associate Professor of Education, University of Southern California and Tara-Marie Desruisseaux, Research Associate in Education, University of Southern California -
The big idea
Despite long-standing efforts to close the racial “achievement gap” in education, the term does more to trigger racist stereotypes and causes a lower sense of urgency than when the issue is presented as the need to “end inequality in educational outcomes.”
Those are the key findings of a new study in which we examined the effect that the two different terms had on teachers and others.
To reach this conclusion, we conducted two different survey experiments – one with teachers and one with nonteachers.
READ MORE: The term 'achievement gap' fosters a negative view of Black students https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/the...
