Authors: Stiefel, Leanna, & Schwartz, Amy Ellen
They examine the distribution of the gap in test scores across races within New York City public schools and the…
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2) 2006 - Ethnic and Socioeconomic Class Composition and Language Proficiency: A Longitudinal Multilevel Examination in Dutch Elementary Schools
Authors: Van der Slik, Frans W. P., Driessen, Geert W. J. M., & De Bot, Kees L. J.
Ascertains the impact of ethnic and socioeconomic composition of pupils’ school classes on language proficiency.
3) 2006 - K-12 Race-Conscious Student Assignment Policies: Law, Social Science and Diversity
Authors: Welner, Kevin G.
Examines the legality of K-12 race-conscious student assignment policies
4) 2006 - Brown Over "Other White": Mexican Americans' Legal Arguments and Litigation Strategy in School Desegregation Lawsuits
Authors: Wilson, Steven H.
Why and with what results did Mexican American lawyers use arguments and strategies that did not draw on the constitutional…
5) 2006 - College Access, K-12 Concentrated Disadvantage, and the Next 25 Years of Education Research
Authors: Yun, John T., & Moreno, Jose F.
Present method to understand concentrated disadvantage in K-12. Explore link between K-12 and college access. Examine concentrated disadvantage by race.
6) 2006 - Structuring Inequality: How California Selectively Tests Classifies, and Tracks Language Minority Students
Authors: Zhou, Min, & Yang, Sao Xiong
Processes and consequences of state-mandated classification, selective testing, and tracking of language minority students.
7) 2005 - The Impact of Brown on Latinos: A Study on Transformation Policy Intentions
Authors: Arias, Beatriz
Describes the transformation of desegregation policy in San Jose, California where Latino students constituted the plaintiff class.
8) 2005 - School Segregation and Black Achievement: New Evidence from the 2003 NAEP
Authors: Armor, David J., & Watkins, Shanea
Studies the relationship between racial composition and achievement using the 2003 and 2005 NAEP data.
9) 2005 - Precarious Space: Majority Black Suburbs and Their Public Schools
Authors: Ascher, Carol, & Branch-Smith, Edwina
Understand student achievement in public schools in majority black suburbs
10) 2005 - Examining Gaps in Mathematics Achievement Among Racial-Ethnic Groups, 1972-1992
Authors: Berends, Mark, Lucas, Samuel R., Sullivan, Thomas, & Briggs, R.J.
Empirically examine several family-and school-based explanations for black-white and Latino-white test score differences over the past 20 years.
11) 2005 - The Effect of Charter Schools on School Peer Composition
Authors: Booker, Kevin, Zimmer, Ron, & Buddin, Richard
The effect of charter schools have on the distribution of students by race/ethnicity and ability.
13) 2005 - Federal Involvement in Local School Districts
Authors: Caldas, Stephen J., & Bankston III, Carl
Raise the perspective that Brown resulted in at least one great negative unintended consequence for American public schools.
14) 2005 - Within-School Segregation in an Urban School District
Authors: Conger, Dylan
Examine patterns in and evaluate the severity of within-school segregation across ethnic groups, grades, boroughs, and years.
15) 2005 - Who's Left Behind? Immigrant Children in High and Low LEP Schools
Authors: Cosentino de Cohen, Clemencia, Deterding, Nicole, & Clewell, Beatriz Chu
Examines differences in the provision of educational services to LEP students across schools with varying proportions of LEP student enrollment
17) 2005 - Factors Associated With Mathematics Achievement and Participation in Advanced Mathematics Courses: An Examination of Gender Differences From an International Perspective
Authors: Ercikan, Kadriye, McCreith, Tanya, & Lapointe, Vanessa
This paper reports results of an exploratory study examining factors that might be associated with achievement in mathematics and participation…
18) 2005 - Addressing Institutional Inequities in Education: The Case of Advanced Placement Courses in California
Authors: Federman, Maya, & Pachon, Harry
Evaluate equality of opportunities that students of different races/ethnicities/social classes & communities have to participate in AP courses in CA.
19) 2005 - Tools of Exclusion: Race, Disability, and (Re)segregated Education
Authors: Ferri, Beth A., & Connor, David J.
Examines the resistance to school desegregation and inclusion of students with disabilities in public education.
20) 2005 - Effects of School Segregation and School Resources in a Changing Policy Context
Authors: Gamoran, Adam, & An, Brian
Impact of school composition and school resources on student achievement growth.
22) 2005 - Learning Through Experience: What Graduates Gained by Attending Desegregated High Schools
Authors: Holme, Jennifer Jellison, Wells, Amy Stuart, & Revilla, Anita Tijerina
Examines students' experiences from attending a desegregated high school.
23) 2005 - Taking Race Out of the Equation: School Reassignment and the Structure of Peer Effects
Authors: Hoxby, Caroline, & Weingarth, Gretchen
1.Learn about the structure of peer effects work. 2. Whether desegregation on the basis of family income has different effects…
25) 2005 - The Shame of the Nation: The Restoration of Apartheid Schooling in America
Authors: Kozol, Jonathan
Firsthand accounts of how segregation and apartheid continues in America's inner city schools and how teachers at those schools persist…
26) 2005 - Fifty Years after Brown: New Evidence of the Impact of School Racial Composition on Student Outcomes
Authors: Kurlaender, Michal, & Yun, John T.
Expand the discussion of the impact of desegregation beyond the traditional test measures & including racial groups that have been…
27) 2005 - The Social Organization of School Choice in Chicago, 1960-2004
Authors: Lauen, Douglas Lee
Describes Chicago's patchwork system of school choice.
28) 2005 - Science Education with English Language Learners: Synthesis and Research Agenda
Authors: Lee, Okhee
Research on science education with English Language Learners
30) 2005 - Estimating Correlates of Growth Between Mathematics and Science Achievement Via a Multivariate Multilevel Design with Latent Variables
Authors: Ma, Lingling, & Ma, Xin
Examined the relationship between growth in mathematics and science achievement during middle and high school among students and schools, and…
31) 2005 - "We Value Diversity, but…" Academic Achievement of White, Middle Class Elementary Students in Segregated and Integrated Schools
Authors: McNalley, Julianne
Does academic achievement of elementary school children from white, middle class backgrounds differ depending on the racial makeup of their…
32) 2005 - When Opting Out is not a Choice: Implications for NCLB's Transfer Option from Charlotte, North Carolina
Authors: Mickelson, Roslyn A., & Southworth, Stephanie
Examines the implementation and early outcomes of No Child Left Behind's voluntary transfer option for the Charlotte-Mecklenburg School after end…
33) 2005 - Student Segregation and Achievement Tracking in Year-Round Schools
Authors: Mitchell, Ross, & Mitchell, Douglas
Studied multitrack year-round education (MT-YRE) schools (system that differentiates school attendance groups) in California.
34) 2005 - Keeping Track: How Schools Structure Inequality
Authors: Oakes, Jeannie
An analysis of how tracking in the American school system and its relationship to issues of inequality and excellence affected…
36) 2005 - Court-Ordered Desegregation: Successes and Failures Integrating American Schools Since Brown Versus Board of Education
Authors: Reber, Sarah J.
The purpose is to assess whether desegregation plans led to losses in white enrollment and examine the effects of plans…
37) 2005 - Does Segregation Still Matter? The Impact of Student Composition on Academic Achievement in High School
Authors: Rumberger, Russell W., & Palardy, Gregory J.
Whether racial and socioeconomic segregation is still contributing to the achievement differences among students.
38) 2005 - Test Scores, Dropout Rates, and Transfer Rates as Alternative Indicators of High School Performance
Authors: Rumberger, Russell W., & Palardy, Gregory J.
Looks at whether schools that are effective in raising test scores are also effective in reducing dropout and transfer rates,…
41) 2005 - A Multidimensional Approach to Understanding Neighborhood Schools and their Potential Impact
Authors: Sinha, Vandna, Payne, Monique R., & Cook, Thomas D.
What are the potential effects of Neighborhood schools on adolescent's academic development? What is the association between neighborhood schools and…
43) 2005 - Who Graduates in the South?
Authors: Swanson, Christopher
Who Graduates in the South?
44) 2005 - The Mexican American Struggle for Equal Educational Opportunity in Mendez v. Westminster: Helping Pave the Way for Brown v. Board of Education
Authors: Valencia, Richard A.
To remember the importance of the Mendez case in the broader struggle for equal educational opportunity in the U.S..
45) 2005 - How Desegregation Changed Us: The Effects of Racially Mixed Schools on Students and Society
Authors: Wells, Amy Stuart, Holme, Jennifer, Revilla, Anita, Tijerina, & Atanda, Awo Korantemaa
Ideas of graduates, educators, advocates and local policy makers who were directly involved in racially mixed public high schools 25…
46) 2004 - The Goals of a Voluntary Integration Program and the Problems of Access: A Closer Look at a Magnet School Application Brochure
Authors: Andre-Bechely, Lois
Analysis of the district's magnet school choice brochure and application and show that these key texts provide insights about Brown.
47) 2004 - Does School Integration Generate Peer Effects? Evidence from Boston's Metco Program.
Authors: Angrist, Joshua D., & Lang, Kevin
The impact of METCO (long-running desegregation program) on receiving districts.
48) 2004 - Elementary School Teachers' Perceptions and Attitudes to the Educational Structure of Tracking
Authors: Ansalone, George, & Biafora, Frank
Explores teachers' attitudes and perceptions about tracking in three NY State public schools.
49) 2004 - Effects of Racial Diversity on Complex Thinking in College Students
Authors: Antonio, Anthony, Chang, Mitchell, Kahuta, Kenji, Kenny, David, Levin, Shana, & Milem, Jeffrey
Measure the impact of racial diversity on the complexity of thinking in college students.
50) 2004 - School Choice, Magnet Schools, and the Liberation Model: An Empirical Study
Authors: Archbald, Douglas A.
This study examined whether school choice that is implemented through magnet schools affects the segregation of low-income students in school…