Jana Spilkova, Dagmar Dzúrova, Michal Pitonak
Perception of neighborhood environment and health risk behaviors in Prague's teenagers: a pilot study in a post-communist city
International journal of health geographics
used student fixed effects statistical controls investigate whether us elementary students n 18170 displayed greater academic achievement socialemotional behavior executive functioning likely receive gifted special education services taught teachers race ethnicity observed mostly null effects studentteacher racial ethnic matching across studys 12 dependent measures analyses adjusting type 1 error full sample matching resulted lower science achievement effect size es 03 sd black students matching resulted fewer internalizing problem behaviors es 018 sd observed null effects hispanic students robustness checks including stratified race ethnicity biological sex prior levels low high level achievement behavior executive functioning largely supported studys null findings exceptions matching resulted fewer externalizing problem behaviors es 022 sd black girls lower academic achievement es range 004 014 sd fewer externalizing internalizing problem behaviors es range 024 033 sd students previously displayed low levels academic behavioral executive functioning collectively analyses provide limited support studentteacher racial ethnic matching schoolbased policy address educational disparities us elementary schools