Collective Racial Bias and the Black-White Test Score Gap

2021 ◽

pp. 016237372110014

Author(s):

Andrew J. Hill ◽

Daniel B. Jones

Keyword(s):

Test Scores ◽

Test Score ◽

Performance Pay ◽

Incentive Pay ◽

Difference In Differences ◽

Teacher Incentives ◽

Test Score Gap ◽

Before And After ◽

White Test ◽

Matched Data

Teacher performance pay is often introduced with the goal of reducing gaps in test scores across groups, yet little is known about how well they achieve this aim. We ask, “Do test score-based teacher incentives impact the Black–White test score gap?” Using student–teacher matched data and a difference-in-differences approach in which the performance of a teacher’s students before and after the policy is compared, we find that performance pay increases the conditional Black–White gap. The effect is particularly evident when bonuses are large, consistent with a causal response to performance pay.

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Racial segregation and the black–white test score gap

Journal of Public Economics ◽

10.1016/j.jpubeco.2007.03.006 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 91 (11-12) ◽

pp. 2158-2184 ◽

Cited By ~ 174

Author(s):

David Card ◽

Jesse Rothstein

Keyword(s):

Test Score ◽

Racial Segregation ◽

Test Score Gap ◽

White Test

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Has Curriculum Closed the Test Score Gap in Math?

Topics in Economic Analysis & Policy ◽

10.2202/1538-0653.1245 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Heather Rose

Keyword(s):

High School ◽

Test Score ◽

Mathematics Curriculum ◽

School Characteristics ◽

National Education ◽

Test Score Gap ◽

National Education Longitudinal Study ◽

White Test ◽

Test Score Gaps ◽

Hispanic White

Abstract This study examines the extent to which convergence in mathematics course-taking behavior is responsible for narrowing the Hispanic-white and the black-white test score gaps during the 1980s. Mathematics curriculum is measured in detail using high school transcript data from both High School and Beyond and the National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988. After controlling for demographic, family, and school characteristics, changes in curriculum account for about 60 percent of the narrowing Hispanic-white test score gap between 1982 and 1992. However, the black-white test score gap did not drop significantly.

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