Predicting student outcomes for Washington State middle schools using school counselor's and administrator's racial consciousness and organizational variables

Wendy S. Bleecker

doi:10.7273/000005732

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Predicting student outcomes for Washington State middle schools using school counselor's and administrator's racial consciousness and organizational variables

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Predicting student outcomes for Washington State middle schools using school counselor's and administrator's racial consciousness and organizational variables

Wendy S. Bleecker

Washington State University

Doctor of Education (EdD), Washington State University

12/2007

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https://doi.org/10.7273/000005732

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Middle school students -- Washington (State) -- Examinations

There is disparity in academic performance, truancy, and discipline referrals for students of color as compared to White students within most of this nation's public schools. Literature offers two theories--cultural conflict and racial identity--to explain these disparities. This study examines data collected using the Oklahoma Racial Attitudes Scale (ORAS) from a randomly selected sample of 108 Washington State middle school counselors and assistant principals as well as their school's data as reported by the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction. Counselors and assistant principals expressed attitudes of racial acceptance and recognized their privilege, but appeared to hold to traditional values. Variables associated with both cultural conflict and racial identity theory correlated with the measures of disproportionality in eighth grade reading achievement on the Washington Assessment of Student Learning (WASL) and unexcused absences; however, only the cultural conflict variables average years of teacher experience teacher/student ratio, were retained through the multiple regression analysis.

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Title: Predicting student outcomes for Washington State middle schools using school counselor's and administrator's racial consciousness and organizational variables
Creators: Wendy S. Bleecker
Contributors: Gordon S. Gates (Chair)
Awarding Institution: Washington State University
Academic Unit: College of Education
Theses and Dissertations: Doctor of Education (EdD), Washington State University
Publisher: Washington State University
Number of pages: 165
Identifiers: 99901054762301842
Language: English
Resource Type: Dissertation