Diversity of student body
Overview
- Influence: Diversity of student body
- Domain: School
- Sub-Domain: School compositional effects
- Potential to Accelerate Student Achievement: Likely to have a small positive impact
- Influence Definition: Where there is high representation of various racial, cultural, and socio-economic students within the class or school.
Evidence
- Number of meta-analyses: 3
- Number of studies: 55
- Number of students: 77,029
- Number of effects: 333
- Weighted mean effect size: 0.09
- Robustness index: 3
Meta-Analyses
Journal Title | Author | First Author's Country | Article Name | Year Published | Variable | Number of Studies | Number of Students | Number of Effects | Effect Size |
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Review of Educational Research | Bowman | USA | College Diversity Experiences and Cognitive Development: A Meta-Analysis | 2010 | Diversity of students in college on achievement | 17 | 77,029 | 58 | 0.05 |
Educational Research Review | van Ewijk & Sleegers | Netherlands | The effect of peer socioeconomic status on student achievement: A meta-analysis | 2010 | Increasing the share of ethnic minority students on achievement of all | 13 | 0 | 177 | 0.18 |
Review of Educational Research | Mickelson, Bottia, & Lambert | USA | Effects of School Racial Composition on K–12 Mathematics Outcomes: A Metaregression Analysis | 2013 | Racially integrated vs. racially segregated school | 25 | 0 | 98 | 0.07 |
TOTAL/AVERAGE | 55 | 77,029 | 333 | 0.10 |