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- Title
GRADE SPAN CONFIGURATION AND DIFFERENCES IN AFRICAN AMERICAN AND HISPANIC STUDENT MATHEMATICS ACHIEVEMENT.
- Authors
Wilson, Roosevelt; Slate, John R.
- Abstract
Examined in this research investigation was the extent to which differences were present in mathematics achievement for Grade 6 African American and Hispanic students in K-8 schools compared to their counterparts in traditional middle schools (i.e., Grades 6-8) in Texas. Through analyzing Texas statewide data for the 2010-2011 school year, a statistically significant difference was present in mathematics achievement between Hispanic students enrolled in K-8 schools and Hispanic students enrolled in traditional middle schools. Hispanic students enrolled in traditional middle schools had statistically significantly higher mathematics scores than Hispanic students who were enrolled in K-8 schools. Interestingly, differences in mathematics scores for African American students enrolled in either K-8 or in traditional middle schools were not statistically significantly different. As such, our results are not congruent with the existing grade span configuration as students who transitioned to Grade 6 at a separate middle school performed in a similar manner to Grade 6 students who did not transition to a different school.
- Subjects
UNITED States; MATHEMATICS education (Middle school); AFRICAN American middle school students; HISPANIC American students; ACHIEVEMENT gap; ACADEMIC achievement
- Publication
Journal of Education Research, 2014, Vol 8, Issue 4, p211
- ISSN
1935-052X
- Publication type
Article