Is the Die Cast? Investigating How Opportunity Remains a Myth for Many of Today's Learners (Poster 37)

• In Event: AERA Poster Session Five
  In Poster Session: Critical Examination of Race, Ethnicity, Class and Gender in Education SIG Poster Session

Abstract

Educational opportunity has been a decades-long focus as we address the potential for school and post-secondary success for historically marginalized students (Darling-Hammond, 2004). Scholars call for shifting our perspective, moving beyond analysis to action. Ladson-Billings (2006) suggests a move beyond “gap-gazing” and Nasir et al. (2021) challenges long-held epistemologies through which we view the purpose of learning. Given opportunity still remains elusive for students that sit at the intersections of marginalized identities within race, class, and gender conceptualizations, this is required. Using a latent profile and latent transition analyses, we explore why a shift to a longitudinal lens with opportunity is critical in order to afford the best experiences for our youngest learners in today's schools.

Authors

• Temple Sharese Lovelace, Assessment for Good, AERDF
  Non-Presenting Author

• Stephanie Sessarego, Advanced Education Research & Development Fund
  Presenting Author

• Katharine Gary, AERDF
  Presenting Author