The Racial/Ethnic Composition of Elementary Schools and Young Children's Academic and Socioemotional Functioning

American Educational Research Journal
Aprile D Benner, Robert Crosnoe

Abstract

This study attempted to untangle how two dimensions of school racial/ethnic composition-racial/ethnic diversity of the student body and racial/ethnic matching between children and their peers-were related to socioemotional and academic development after the transition into elementary school. Analysis of the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Kindergarten Cohort revealed that school racial/ethnic composition was more strongly associated with children's academic, as opposed to socioemotional, outcomes. Students had higher achievement test scores in more diverse schools, especially when they also had more same-racial/ethnic peers in these diverse schools. These patterns were particularly strong for White students. Having more school peers of the same race/ethnicity, regardless of the overall level of diversity in the school, was associated with positive socioemotional development.

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Citations

Feb 5, 2013·Journal of School Psychology·Aprile D Benner
Jul 19, 2014·Journal of Youth and Adolescence·Aprile D Benner, Yijie Wang
Feb 11, 2016·Journal of Youth and Adolescence·Katrine Rich MadsenBjørn E Holstein
Dec 24, 2013·The British Journal of Educational Psychology·Jochem Thijs, Maykel Verkuyten
Mar 10, 2015·Journal of Research on Adolescence : the Official Journal of the Society for Research on Adolescence·Aprile D BennerJacquelynne S Eccles
Sep 9, 2015·Journal of Research on Adolescence : the Official Journal of the Society for Research on Adolescence·Jan N HughesStephen G West
Nov 10, 2015·Applied Developmental Science·Aprile D Benner, Ni Yan
Mar 12, 2015·International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health·Yoonsun HanJulie Ma
Oct 28, 2018·The British Journal of Educational Psychology·Jochem ThijsJolien Geerlings
Oct 8, 2019·Research in Human Development·Tiffany YipYijie Wang
Aug 5, 2017·Journal of Research on Adolescence : the Official Journal of the Society for Research on Adolescence·Jessica Morales-Chicas, Sandra Graham
May 31, 2017·Journal of Youth and Adolescence·Jakeem Amir LewisMelissa R Witkow
Mar 17, 2018·Journal of Youth and Adolescence·Yuen Mi CheonTiffany Yip

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