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3) 2007 - Individual and School Structural Effects on African American High School Students' Academic Achievement

Authors: Stewart, Endya B.
Examined the extent to which individual-level and school structural variables predict academic achievement among a sample of 10th grade African…

4) 2007 - African-American Students' College Transition Trajectory: An Examination of the Effect of High School Composition and Expectations on Degree Attainment

Authors: Tevis, Tenisha
What is the relationship between highschool composition and students' degree expectations and their effect on degree attainment for African-Americans?

5) 2007 - Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Pathways: High School Science and Math Coursework and Postsecondary Degree Attainment

Authors: Tyson, Will, Lee, Reginald, Borman, Kathryn M., & Hanson, Mary Ann
1) What levels of high school science and mathematics course-taking are related to future STEM baccalaureate degree attainment among all…

6) 2007 - Peer Effects in North Carolina Public Schools

Authors: Vigdor, Jacob, & Nechyba, Thomas
Estimate the relationship between peer characteristics and student achievement and to infer whether any such relationship is casual in nature.

7) 2007 - Effects of learning about gender discrimination on adolescent girls' attitudes toward and interest in science

Authors: Weisgram, Erica S., & Bigler, Rebecca S.
To examine whether adolescent girls' interest in, and attitudes toward, science are affected by knowledge about gender discrimination in the…

8) 2006 - Lessons Learned from School Desegregation

Authors: Armor, David J.
Theories about why desegregation should improve black achievement.

9) 2006 - Evaluating the Role of Brown vs. Board of Education in School Equalization, Desegregation and the Income of African Americans

Authors: Ashenfelter, Orley, Collins, William, & Yoon, Albert
Discuss a framework for evaluating the effect of Brown on the welfare of African Americans in the labor market.

10) 2006 - School Choice, Racial Segregation, and Test-Score Gaps: Evidence from North Carolina's Charter School Program

Authors: Bifulco, Robert, & Ladd, Helen
Examine the effects of charter schools in NC on racial segregation and black-white test score gaps.

11) 2006 - How a Detracked Mathematics Approach Promoted Respect, Responsibility, and High Achievement

Authors: Boaler, Jo
How a Detracked Mathematics Approach Promoted Respect, Responsibility, and High Achievement

12) 2006 - Empahty or Antipathy? The Impact of Diversity

Authors: Boisjoly, Johanne, Duncan, Greg, Kremer, Michael, Levy, Dan, & Eccles, Jacques
The consequences of intergroup interactions in one particular real-world context by examining whether attitudes and behaviors change when people of…

13) 2006 - The Race Gap in High School Reading Achievement: Why School Racial Composition Still Matters

Authors: Brown-Jeffy, Shelly
How is school racial composition related to reading achievement?

14) 2006 - Classroom Peer Effects and Student Achievement

Authors: Burke, Mary, & Sass, Tim
Compare the strength of peer effects across different groupings of peers, and compare effects of fixed vs. time-varying peer characteristics.

15) 2006 - Accelerating Mathematics Achievement using Heterogeneous Grouping

Authors: Burris, Carol Corbett, Heubert, Jay P., & Levin, Henry M.
Evaluate subsequent completion of advanced high school math courses as well as academic achievement after providing an accelerated math curriculum.

16) 2006 - Racial Segregation and the Black-White Test Score Gap

Authors: Card, David, & Rothstein, Jesse
Relate the achievement gap between Black and White students in a city to differences in their exposure to black peers…

17) 2006 - Gap or Gaps- Challenging the Singular Definition of the Achievement Gap

Authors: Carpenter II, Dick, Ramirez, Al, & Severn, Laura
Examine within-group differences and compares those across Latino, African American, and White populations.

18) 2006 - The Structures of Cultural Meanings Within Desegregated Schools Fifty Years After Brown

Authors: Carter, Prudence
Understand the role of cultural meanings in desegregated schools and the impact for racial/ethnic minority students.

19) 2006 - The Educational Benefit of Sustaining Cross-Racial Interaction Among Undergraduates

Authors: Chang, Mitchell J., Denson, Nida, Saenz, Victor, & Misa, Kimberly
Examine the student -and institution- level effects of one key form of diversity - cross-racial interaction.

20) 2006 - Desegregation and the Achievement Gap: Do Diverse Peers Help?

Authors: Cooley, Jane
Deeper understanding of peer effects is critical to assessing the impact of desegregating peer group on the achievement of white…

21) 2006 - Gender-Specific Effects of Ecological Segregation on College Achievement

Authors: Ehrmann, Nicholas, & Massey, Douglas S.
Specify a comprehensive path model estimated separately fro male and female respondents to the National Longitudinal Survey of Freshmen.

22) 2006 - Gender Ratios in High School Science Departments: The Effect of Percent Female Faculty on Multiple Dimensions of Students' Science Identities

Authors: Gilmartin, Shannon, Denson, Nida, Li, Erika, Bryant, Alyssa, & Aschbacher, Pamela
1) How does the percentage of female science faculty affect high school students' science perceptions, achievement, views, self-concept, and college…

23) 2006 - Separate But Not Yet Equal: The Relation Between School Finance Adequacy Litigation and African American Student Achievement

Authors: Glenn, William
Extent to which adequacy litigations functions as a means of narrowing the achievement gap.

24) 2006 - Sinking Swann: Public School Choice and the Resegregation of Charlotte's Public Schools

Authors: Godwin, R. Kenneth, Leland, Suzanne, Baxter, Andrew, & Southworth, Stephanie
Evaluates two public school assignment policies (open enrollment & mandatory choice, not using race or ethnicity in assignment) using data…

25) 2006 - Schooling Closer to Home: Desegregation Policy and Neighborhood Contexts

Authors: Goldring, Ellen, Cohen-Vogel, Lora, & Smrekar, Claire
Analyze the implications of schooling closer to home by analyzing neighborhood contexts.

26) 2006 - Getting to the What, How, and Why of Diversity on Campus

Authors: Gurin, Patricia, & Nagda, Biren
What kinds of diversity initiatives and cross-racial interactions foster learning among diverse students?

27) 2006 - The Impact of Group Diversity on Performance and Knowledge Spillover- An Experiment in a College Classroom

Authors: Hansen, Zeynep, Owan, Hideo, & Pan, Jie
Examined how group characteristics affect productivity.

28) 2006 - School Quality and the Black-White Achievement Gap

Authors: Hanushek, Eric, & Rivkin, Steven
Impact of school quality on the black-white achievement gap.

29) 2006 - Does Educational Tracking Affect Performance and Inequality? Differences-in-Differences Evidence Across Countries

Authors: Hanushek, Eric, & Woessmann, Ludger
Estimate the tracking effects in the differences in outcomes between primary and secondary school across tracked and non-tracked systems in…

30) 2006 - Lost Learning, Forgotten Promises- A National Analysis of School Racial Segregation, Student Achievement, and "Controlled Choice" Plans

Authors: Harris, Douglas
New and exhaustive analysis of racial segregation across the United States.

31) 2006 - Intellectual Role Taking: Supporting Discussion in Heterogeneous Elementary Science Classes

Authors: Herrenkohl, Leslie Rupert
How to work with teachers to develop approaches to engage all students in asking each other questions and deeply engaging…

32) 2006 - Can No Child Left Behind Close the Gaps in Pass Rates on Standardized Tests?

Authors: Hoerandner, Claus, & Lemke, Robert
Quantify the degree to which the worst-performing schools can realistically increase their pass rates and thereby narrow the gap in…

33) 2006 - The Effects of Group Composition on Achievement, Interaction, and Learning Efficiency During Computer-Based Cooperative Instruction

Authors: Hooper, Simon, & Hannafin, Michael
Effects of cooperative group composition, student ability, and learning accountability on achievement, interaction, and instructional efficiency.

34) 2006 - Trends of School Effects on Student Achievement: Evidence from NLS:72, HSB:82, and NELS:92

Authors: Konstantopoulos, Spyros
This study examines the impact of schools on student achievement (mathematics, reading, and science) over time using national probability samples…

35) 2006 - The Impact of Racially Inclusive Schooling on Adult Incarceration Rates Among U.S. Cohorts of African Americans and Whites Since 1930

Authors: Lafree, Gary, & Arum, Richard
Test if more racially inclusive schools might reduce the risk of extremely negative adult life experiences such as incarceration.

36) 2006 - Full-Day Versus Half-Day Kindergarten: In Which Program Do Children Learn More?

Authors: Lee, Valerie E., Burkham, David T., Ready, Douglas D., Honigman, Joann, & Meisels, Samuel J.
Do young children who attend public schools that offer full-day kindergarten programs learn more over the school year, in terms…

37) 2006 - Social Background and Academic Performance Differentials: White and Minority Students at Selective Colleges

Authors: Massey, Douglas S.
Study the continuing consequences of segregation.

38) 2006 - The Effect of Childhood Segregation on Minority Academic Performance at Selective Colleges

Authors: Massey, Douglas S., & Fischer, Mary
Effects of housing and school segregation during childhood on academic performance in college.

39) 2006 - Segregation and the SAT

Authors: Mickelson, Roslyn A.
Analyzes how organizational features of school racial composition and tracks influence student's opportunities to learn material covered on the SAT.

40) 2006 - How Middle School Segregation Contributes to the Race Gap in Academic Achievement

Authors: Mickelson, Roslyn A.
Studies the effects of school racial composition on the academic outcomes of middle school students

41) 2006 - Connecting Pieces of the Puzzle: Gender Differences in Black Middle School Students' Achievement

Authors: Mickelson, Roslyn A., & Greene, Anthony D.
Explores the sources of variation in Black adolescent students' academic achievement during Middle School.

42) 2006 - Toward a Deeper Understanding of the Diversity Rationale

Authors: Moses, Michele S., & Chang, Mitchell J.
Examines the legal history and the philosophical foundation of the diversity rationale

43) 2006 - Understanding Trends in the Black-White Achievement Gaps During the First Years of School

Authors: Murnane, Richard, Willett, John, Bub, Kristen, & McCartney, Kathleen
Examine results of Fryer and Levitt (2004 & 2005) about patterns in the relative academic achievement of young black and…

44) 2006 - Racial Transformation and the Changing Nature of Segregation

Authors: Orfield, Gary, & Lee, Chungmei
Examines patterns of segregation in US schools through the 2003-2004 school year.

45) 2006 - A Meta-Analytic Test of Intergroup Contact Theory

Authors: Pettigrew, Thomas F., & Tropp, Linda R.
Test of intergroup contact theory.

46) 2006 - Implications of Income-Based School Assignment Policies for Racial School Segregation

Authors: Reardon, Sean F., Yun, John T., & Kurlaender, Michal
Will income-based integration create racial integration?

48) 2006 - Non-School Problems and Urban School Desegregation: An Historical Analysis of the Implications of Desegregation for School Effectiveness in the Cleveland Municipal School District

Authors: Saatcioglu, Argun
How does school racial composition affect the effectiveness of schools?

49) 2006 - Coloring Outside the Color Lines: Racial Segregation in Public Schools and their Attendance Boundaries

Authors: Saporito, Salvatore, & Sohoni, Deenesh
Impact of student enrollment in private schools on levels of racial segregation across urban school districts.

50) 2006 - Migration Background, Minority-Group Membership and Academic Achievement: Research Evidence from Social, Educational, and Developmental Psychology

Authors: Schofield, Janet Ward
Explores the impact on achievement of grouping students both within and between classrooms and schools based on their ability.