Research has shown teachers base their expectations on student characteristics such as gender, SES, and ethnicity. These expectations can have an effect on students because they may influence teachers behaviors. This study attempted to investigate the role of familiarity on teachers expectations for students of an ethnic group that has not been studied to date, namely, the Hmong. Surveys were completed by 55 teaching staff in public elementary schools with the highest and lowest percentages of Hmong students in a school district in the Upper Midwest. Ratings of Hmong and Non-Hmong students on...