A importância da representatividade em sala de aula: correspondência racial entre alunos e professores e o desempenho escolar

Abstract

Estimates of change in performance were found in 6th and 7th grade students from the Public Network of Recife, when they were placed in a situation of racial equality with their Portuguese and Mathematics teachers, with data collected from the Longitudinal Monitoring of Student Performance Survey of Recife's Public Elementary Education Network (FUNDAJ, 2018). Among other information, it was found, through the Differences in Differences method, that brown students showed an improvement in grades in both subjects evaluated, when taught by black or brown teachers, showing a greater identification of race. Black students had an average increase of 5.04 points in Mathematics when they were taught by a black teacher.