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SAGE Publications, Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1(44), p. 149-169, 2021

DOI: 10.3102/01623737211032241

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Do High School Students With a Same-Race Teacher Attend Class More Often?

Journal article published in 2021 by Michael Gottfried, J. Jacob Kirksey ORCID, Tina L. Fletcher
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Abstract

Teachers of color increase school success for students of color. Yet, little attention has been paid to whether school attendance behaviors also increase from same race and ethnicity matches. To address this, our study used administrative data provided by a California high school district for the school years 2014 to 2018. We explored student absenteeism at the date and class period levels. Using this rich, longitudinal data set, we employed grade, school, class period, student, and date fixed effects models to examine the association between student–teacher matches and student absenteeism. Student–teacher race and ethnicity matches were associated with fewer unexcused absences for Latinx students. The results also indicate that associations were strongest for Latinx students in 11th and 12th grades—the age group in K–12 that has the most individual agency when it comes to getting to school. Furthermore, we found no evidence of declines in excused absences, which reflect health.