Minority Students

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Racial/ethnic Disparities in the Mental Health Care Utilization of Fifth Grade Children — Dec 31, 2008

The aim of this study was to examine racial/ethnic differences in fifth grade children's mental health care utilization.

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Measurement of Teen Dating Violence Attitudes: An Item Response Theory Evaluation of Differential Item Functioning According to Gender — Dec 31, 2008

This article examines data from 2,575 high school students who participated in a teen-dating violence intervention study. The majority of participants were Latino (91%), and the sample was nearly evenly split with respect to gender (51% female). Items from two scales (boy-on-girl violence; girl-on-boy violence) reflecting teens' attitudes about dating violence were calibrated with the graded item response theory (IRT) model and evaluated…

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Violence Exposure and PTSD: The Role of English Language Fluency in Latino Youth — Dec 31, 2008

The authors explored the level of violence exposure and trauma symptoms in Latino youth and the relationship of these factors with English language fluency.

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Childhood Educational Disruption and Later Life Outcomes Evidence from Prince Edward County — Dec 31, 2007

Beginning in 1959, the public schools in Prince Edward County, Virginia, were closed for five years in opposition to court-ordered integration. Affected black students did not exhibit substantially worse material, health, and incarceration outcomes.

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Suicide Prevention in Schools: Are We Reaching Minority Youths? — Dec 31, 2002

This study sought to better understand program participants. The authors examined randomly selected records from 1999 for 100 youths who received services from the program. Their review of records from the Los Angeles program suggests that Latino students may be underidentified by such a program.

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The Role of Federal Resources in Closing the Achievement Gaps of Minority and Disadvantaged Students — Dec 31, 2000

This paper suggests that federal resources can and should play a critical role in closing the achievement gap between students. It identifies programs that could — with the help of targeted federal funds — improve the scores of disadvantaged children.

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Increasing the Education Attainment of Hispanics: Program Effectiveness — Dec 31, 2000

This report reviews what is known about the effects of a broad set of interventions designed to enhance the education attainment of minority and low-income students. It examines programs that intervene at different stages of student life.

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Reporting minority students' test scores : how well can the national assessment of education progress account for differences in social context? — Dec 31, 1996

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Predicting Minority and Majority Medical Student Performance on the National Board Exams — Dec 31, 1977

Medical school admissions committees face difficult problems in evaluating medical school applicants with different backgrounds.

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Dwayne M. Butler

Management Scientist
Ed.D. in adult & continuing education, Rutgers University; Ph.D. in organization and management, Capella University; M.S. in administration, Central Michigan University; B.A. in economics, Rutgers University; B.A. in Spanish, Rutgers University

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