Abstract
The testing scores of black and white students were compared in an observational study involving ten North Carolina school districts for the 2016-17 academic school year. The presence or lack of inclusive racial awareness programs was also measured using a dummy variable. Measuring achievement gap as a percentage and controlling for other factors, a multiple regression analysis was performed to look for causal relationships. However, the relationship between testing scores and racial outreach programs is an endogenous one. Racial awareness outreach programs may be utilized to combat existing achievement gaps, rather than causing greater or lesser achievement gaps. Studying the effect of outreach programs over time rather than school district would yield a more definitive conclusion.
How to Cite
Topper, M., (2018) “Discrimination and the Achievement Gap: Ten Districts”, Capstone, The UNC Asheville Journal of Undergraduate Scholarship 31(2), 5/1/2019.
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