Stereotypes and the Achievement Gap

Richard Monastersky:

In a striking experiment about stereotypes and academic achievement, African-American seventh graders performed better in school months after they were asked to spend 15 minutes thinking about their identity and values.

The results of the study, published in today's issue of the journal Science, demonstrate how racial stereotypes can adversely affect minority students and how simple interventions can partly counteract those stresses, researchers said on Thursday. . . .

Posted by Jim Zellmer at September 5, 2006 9:33 PM
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