The "Asian" Category in MCAS Achievement Gap Tracking: Time for a Change
Author(s):
Lee, Philip
Format:
Journal article
Citation:
Asian American Policy Review, Volume 21, (2010). pp. 19-27.
Language:
English
Abstract:
[...]Vietnamese students were the only group among native-born Asian Americans less likely to complete high school than African American students (Sakamoto and Xie 2006). Given the national data, it is reasonable to believe that substantial variation in Massachusetts among Asian American subgroups exists, particularly in educational outcomes; however, by classifying the many subgroups into a single category, these disparities are difficult to detect. [...]in order to uncover any hidden achievement gap that is not evident from the way that the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education requires school districts to collect and report their students' race data, I propose a disaggregation of the data as a first step in uncovering any disparities.