%0 Journal Article
%T Student¨CTeacher Ethno
%A Neena Banerjee
%J Education and Urban Society
%@ 1552-3535
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/0013124517721948
%X This article investigates the relationship between student¨Cteacher ethno-racial matching and students¡¯ placement in reading ability groups in kindergarten and first grades in the United States. Multilevel regression analysis of a nationally representative sample of students shows that Latino/a first graders are more likely to be placed in higher ability groups when assigned to Latino/a teachers. Furthermore, teachers¡¯ perception of students¡¯ learning behavior, a variable that has been linked to teacher¨Cstudent racial congruence in the literature, has a strong positive effect on ability group placement in kindergarten and first grades. These findings have implications for minority teacher recruitment policies in school districts
%K student¨Cteacher ethno-racial matching
%K ability grouping
%K reading
%K hierarchical linear models
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0013124517721948