Purpose: We examined the effect of race and ethnicity on first-time passage of the ASWB Clinical exam using a person-in-environment conceptual framework. Method: We conducted descriptive and regression analyses using the 2018–2022 Clinical exam data ( N = 88,678), merged with zip code-level income data from the US Census Bureau and institutional characteristics data from the US Department of Education. Results: Results indicated that if examinees from minoritized groups had individual, institutional, and community characteristics similar to those of White examinees, the Black-White disparity in exam pass rates could decline by approximately 20%, and the Hispanic-White disparity by around 27%. With 58% of Black examinees interacting with lowest-income areas, their outcomes were influenced more by socioeconomic status. However, Hispanic examinees’ outcomes were affected more by their educational backgrounds. Conclusion: Findings call for further research that explores the crucial determinants of exam outcomes not included in this study due to data constraints.

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种族/民族对 2018-2022 年社会工作临床执照考试结果的影响


目的：我们使用人环境中的概念框架检查了种族和民族对 ASWB 临床检查首次通过的影响。方法：我们使用 2018-2022 年临床考试数据 （N = 88,678） 进行了描述性和回归分析，并结合了美国人口普查局的邮政编码级收入数据和美国教育部的机构特征数据。结果： 结果表明，如果来自少数族裔群体的考生具有与白人考生相似的个人、机构和社区特征，则考试通过率的黑人与白人差异可能会下降约 20%，西班牙裔与白人的差异可能会下降约 27%。由于 58% 的黑人考生与最低收入地区互动，他们的结果更多地受到社会经济地位的影响。然而，西班牙裔考生的结果更多地受到其教育背景的影响。结论：研究结果需要进一步研究，探讨由于数据限制而未包含在本研究中的检查结果的关键决定因素。