Differences in Teachers' Assessments of Students by English Learner Status

Maria Zhu

AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2024, vol. 114, 523-27

Abstract: This paper investigates potential disparities in how teachers perceive academic achievement between English Learner (EL) students and their non-EL counterparts. Using data on elementary and middle school students in North Carolina, I compare teachers' academic assessments of EL students to those of non-EL students in the same class with the same standardized-test-based achievement. Results reveal that teachers hold more negative perceptions of achievement for EL students compared to academically comparable non-EL peers. These results emphasize the added difficulties experienced by EL students in academic settings, compounding the challenges they already encounter from language barriers.

JEL-codes: H75 I21 I28 J15 J45 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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