Black primary-school students matched to a same-race teacher perform better on standardized tests and face more favorable teacher perceptions, yet little is known about the long-run, sustained impacts of student-teacher demographic match. We address this question by leveraging the random assignment of students and teachers to classrooms created by the Project STAR (grades K-3) class-size reduction experiment.

The AEA interviewed select poster presenters at the 2018 conference in Philadelphia to discuss their research and the broader implications of their work. View the full list of videos.