Replicating and Extending Effects of “Achievement Gap” Discourse
2022; SAGE Publishing; Volume: 51; Issue: 7 Linguagem: Inglês
10.3102/0013189x221118054
ISSN1935-102X
AutoresDavid M. Quinn, Tara-Marie Desruisseaux,
Tópico(s)Education Discipline and Inequality
ResumoScholars argue that the “racial achievement gap” frame perpetuates deficit mindsets. Previously, we found that teachers gave lower priority to racial equity when disparities were framed as “achievement gaps” (AGs) versus “inequality in educational outcomes.” In this brief, we analyze data from two survey experiments using a teacher sample and an Amazon MTurk sample. We find that (a) the effect of AG language on equity prioritization is moderated by implicit bias, with larger negative effects among teachers holding stronger anti-Black/pro-White stereotypes; (b) the negative effect of AG language replicates with non-teachers; and (c) AG language causes respondents to express more negative racial stereotypes.
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