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A Meta-Analysis on the Factors That Best Reduce the Achievement Gap
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Jeynes, William H. – Education and Urban Society, 2015
A meta-analyses was undertaken to determine the factors that are most related with reducing the achievement gap. The meta-analysis included 30 studies that examined attempts to bridge the achievement gap between White students on one hand and Black and Latino students on the other. The results indicate that several factors are associated with a…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Meta Analysis, Best Practices, Performance Factors
A Meta-Analysis: The Relationship between Father Involvement and Student Academic Achievement
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Jeynes, William H. – Urban Education, 2015
A meta-analysis was undertaken, including 66 studies, to determine the relationship between father involvement and the educational outcomes of urban school children. Statistical analyses were done to determine the overall impact and specific components of father involvement. The possible differing effects of paternal involvement by race were also…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Meta Analysis, Fathers, Parent Participation
School Choice and the Achievement Gap
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Jeynes, William H. – Education and Urban Society, 2014
The possibility is examined that school choice programs could be a means to reducing the achievement gap. Data based on meta-analytic research and the examination of nationwide data sets suggest that school choice programs that include private schools could reduce the achievement gap by 25%. The propounding of this possibility is based on research…
Descriptors: School Choice, Achievement Gap, Meta Analysis, Private Schools
A Meta-Analysis: The Effects of Parental Involvement on Minority Children's Academic Achievement.
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Jeynes, William H. – Education and Urban Society, 2003
Conducted a meta-analysis of 21 studies to determine the impact of parental involvement on minority students' academic achievement. The impact of parental involvement was significant for all minority groups studied. Also for all groups, parental involvement affected all academic variables by at least two tenths of a standard deviation unit.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Asian American Students, Black Students, Elementary Secondary Education
A Meta-Analysis of the Effects of Attending Religious Schools and Religiosity on Black and Hispanic Academic Achievement.
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Jeynes, William H. – Education and Urban Society, 2002
Investigated the effects of religious schooling and personal religious commitment on African American and Hispanic students' academic achievement. Analysis of data from 15 studies indicated that religious schooling and religiosity each had a positive impact on academic achievement and school-related behavior. The effect sizes that emerged for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Students, Elementary Secondary Education, Hispanic American Students
The Effects of Black and Hispanic 12th Graders Living in Intact Families and Being Religious on Their Academic Achievement.
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Jeynes, William H. – Urban Education, 2003
Used data from the National Educational Longitudinal Survey to examine the impact of student religious commitment and living in intact families on academic achievement among black and Hispanic 12th graders. Students with intact families and high levels of religiosity scored as well as all white students on most achievement measures and higher than…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Students, Cultural Differences, Family Structure