David E Rapp, Edward M Gong, W Stuart Reynolds, Alvaro Lucioni, Gregory P Zagaja
Assessment of the core learning objectives curriculum for the urology clerkship
The Journal of urology
recommendations aggressive recruitment minority teachers based hypothesized rolemodel effects minority students well evidence racial biases among nonminority teachers however prior empirical studies found little association exposure ownrace teacher student achievement paper presents new evidence question examining test score data tennessees project star classsize experiment randomly matched students teachers within participating schools specification checks confirm racial pairings students teachers experiment unrelated student traits models student achievement indicate assignment ownrace teacher significantly increased math reading achievement black white students