Poster #21 - School Suspensions, Race-Gender, and STEM Readiness: The Impact of School Discipline on Math Achievement

• In Event: 51.082 - MTCC Poster Session 12
  In Poster Session: 51.082-3 - Sociology of Education Posters

Abstract

Using social control and intersectionality framework, we utilized data from the Educational Longitudinal Study (ELS) of 2002 to examine i) the impact of school suspensions on math achievement at 10th grade and 12 grade, controlling for individual and school covariates ii) the effect of race-gender on math achievement in high school. The findings confirm that school suspensions significantly lower math achievement in high school even after controlling for a host of individual and school factors. More so, the effect of suspensions on math achievement are persistent and long lasting. The study also finds that students of racial minority are suspended at a much higher rate compared to their majority counterpart. Conclusions and direction for future research are discussed.

Authors

• Habiba A Ibrahim, Washington University in St. Louis

• Odis Johnson, Washington University in St. Louis