Examines the differences among Anglo, African American, and Hispanic parents in granting independence to adolescents. Using data from a national families survey found distinct patterns of independence giving across racial groups by gender and by age of the adolescent. Differences are attributed to values of modified patriarchy, communalism, and…

A study of 45 African American boys and 45 White American boys (ages 8-10) investigated differences in typical speaking fundamental frequencies (SFF) and standard deviations of the SFF. Results found no significant differences for modal SFF but did find that 9- and 10-year-old African American boys exhibited greater variability in pitch sigma.…

Examined racial differences in associations between academic achievement and parent behaviors such as grade expectations, consequences for unsatisfactory grades, and praise for satisfactory grades in second, fourth, and eighth graders. Found several relationships between parents' self-reports of selected behaviors and children's academic…

Analyzed 1990 U.S. Census data on the educational enrollment of 15-17-year-old immigrants. Results partially supported predictions from the segmented-assimilation and immigrant-optimism hypotheses. Most immigrant adolescents, particularly Asians, were as likely as native born adolescents to be enrolled in high school. Mexican teenagers had the…

Explores correlates of academic giftedness for eighth graders, using data from the 1988 National Education Longitudinal Study. Students who are self-reliant, spend more time on homework and leisure reading, and come from families with high parental educational aspirations and family socioeconomic status are much more likely to be academically…

Established the psychometric properties of the Self-Motivation Inventory for Children (SMI-C) using tests of factorial validity, factorial invariance, latent mean structure, and predictive validity. Two cohorts of black and white adolescent girls completed the SMI-C and various physical activity measures. The single-factor, positively worded,…

Argues that current efforts to close achievement gap in mathematics between underrepresented minority students and white students are inadequate. Suggests that to close achievement gap greater effort must be made to train and hire quality teachers with pedagogical content knowledge. (Contains 14 references.) (PKP)

Provides national and state data for public elementary and secondary schools in 2000-2001 taken from the Common Core of Data (National Center for Education Statistics). Contains information on enrollment, teacher and staff numbers, graduates, and racial and ethnic backgrounds of students. (SLD)

Examines the influence of information, counselor race, and client race on counselors' attributions. Caucasian and African American counselors were assigned to one of four experimental conditions. A videotaped client who discussed an employment problem was used to manipulate information and race. Differences were found between African American and…

This study compared using a minimum IQ cutoff score and a simple difference method versus a regression-based method for identifying specific learning disabilities (SLD) in African American and European American college students (n=117). The regression-based method resulted in a significantly larger proportion of identified African Americans.…

Examined middle school disciplinary data in one urban school regarding three common hypotheses about disproportionate discipline based on gender, race, and socioeconomic status. Racial and gender disparities in office referrals, suspensions, and expulsions were somewhat more robust than socioeconomic differences. Boys engaged more frequently in a…

This article examines the phenomena of overrepresentation in light of the diversity of Asian subgroups using disaggregated data from one large urban school district with a high enrollment of Asian and Pacific American students. Data suggest differences in identification rates among subgroups. Literature-based explanations are offered for over and…

Compares family resources per child across racial and ethnic groups in 1940 and 1950. Finds that economic differences among children of European ancestry were minor compared to the gap between Whites and non-Whites (or Mexican-Americans), primarily related to differences in income of household head. Contains 21 references. (SV)

A sample of 91 White and 22 minority parent volunteers whose children attended an urban elementary school were administered a revised version of the Dean Alienation Scale. Results indicated that minority parents were more alienated from school than were White parents. (FMW)

Compared the Woodcock-Johnson Tests of Cognitive Ability (WJTCA) score profiles of different cultural groups, using 442 White and 435 non-White subjects drawn from the kindergarten through grade 12 subset of WJTCA standardization data. Determined that data allowed for classification of the subtests by both curve and cultural effects criteria.…