Are We Moving the Needle on Racial Disproportionality? Measurement Challenges in Evaluating School Discipline Reform

Autor/inn/en	Bottiani, Jessika H.; Kush, Joseph M.; McDaniel, Heather L.; Pas, Elise T.; Bradshaw, Catherine P.
Titel	Are We Moving the Needle on Racial Disproportionality? Measurement Challenges in Evaluating School Discipline Reform
Quelle	In: American Educational Research Journal, 60 (2023) 2, S.293-329 (37 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Bottiani, Jessika H.) ORCID (Kush, Joseph M.) Weitere Informationen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0002-8312
DOI	10.3102/00028312221140026
Schlagwörter	Discipline; Race; Racial Discrimination; Disproportionate Representation; Data Analysis; Educational Policy; Measurement; Educational Change; Elementary Secondary Education; Suspension + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Disziplin; Rasse; Abstammung; Racial bias; Rassismus; Auswertung; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Messverfahren; Bildungsreform; Ausschluss; Schulausschluss
Abstract	Challenges in the measurement of racial disparities in school discipline are a significant barrier to identifying policy and programmatic reforms that are effective at closing gaps. This article reviews key measurement issues and presents a set of empirical analyses as an illustrative case study. Specifically, we reframe the interpretation of discipline data in light of initiatives designed to reduce racial discipline disparities. We also characterize common metrics and recognize several additional ones for use in discipline disproportionality outcome evaluations. Leveraging a statewide policy reform as an example, we report findings from a quasi-experimental evaluation, which demonstrated that the various metrics can point to differing conclusions. We conclude with proposed guiding principles for the selection and use of discipline disproportionality metrics in evaluations. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01