Diversity in Education

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1) 2008 - Differences in Scholastic Achievement of Public, Private Government-Dependent, and Private Independent Schools: A Cross-National Analysis

Authors: Dronkers, Jaap, & Robert, Peter

Explain the gross differences in scholastic achievement of Public, Private Government-Dependent, and Private Independent Schools.

2) 2008 - What We've Learned About Stalled Progress in Closing the Black-White Achievement Gap

Authors: Ferguson, Ronald F.

Examines a number of phenomena that might plausibly fit the cited criteria for contributing to the narrowing or expansion of…

3) 2008 - The Post-Parents Involved Challenge: Confronting Extralegal Obstacles to Integration

Authors: Frankenberg, Erica, & Le, Chinh Q.

How do assumptions, structures, institutions and other factors that impact our educational system interact to create and perpetuate inequality? Is…

4) 2008 - On the Determinants and Implications of School Choice: Comments Semi-Structural Simulations for Chile

Authors: Gallego, Francisco A., & Hernando, Andres E.

Studies the effects of school choice on bothstudent welfare and socioeconomic segregation.

5) 2008 - Academic and Racial Segregation in Charter Schools: Do Parents Sort Students into Specialized Charter Schools?

Authors: Garcia, David R.

This article presents a dynamic model that focuses on how parental school choices affect the degree of racial and academic…

6) 2008 - The Impact of School Choice on Racial Segregation in Charter Schools

Authors: Garcia, David R.

This study examines the impact of school choice on the degree of racial segregation by comparing the conditions in the…

7) 2008 - Can Gaps in the Quality of Early Environments and Noncognitive Skills Help Explain Persisting Black-White Achievement Gaps?

Authors: Grissmer, David, & Eiseman, Elizabeth

Examination of whether or not early childhood environments and cognitive development/achievement skills influence the Black-White achievement gaps.

8) 2008 - Harming the Best: How Schools Affect the Black-White Achievement Gap

Authors: Hanushek, Eric A., & Rivkin, Steven

Study the impact of school quality on the B-W achievement gap & particularly its evolution across different parts of the…

9) 2008 - Primary School Choice and Ethnic School Segregation in German Elementary Schools

Authors: Kristen, Cornelia

This study aims at addressing relevant mechanisms in the school choice process that contribute to the emergence of ethnic school…

10) 2008 - School Policies and the Test Score Gap

Authors: Ladd, Helen F.

Explores the potential effectiveness of school policies and strategies that have been proposed or justified--at least in part--on the basis…

11) 2008 - Friendship Networks and Racial/Ethnic Differences in Academic Outcomes

Authors: Liu, Ge, & Carbonaro, William

What is the effect of racial and achievement composition on two peer group characteristics both at the school and at…

12) 2008 - Race, Racial Concentration, and the Dynamics of Educational Inequality Across Urban and Suburban Schools

Authors: Lleras, Christy

How does the process of educational performance and attainment differ across the 2 types of American schools (low and high…

13) 2008 - School Segregation in Metropolitan Regions, 1970-2000: The Impacts of Policy Choices on Public Education

Authors: Logan, John, Oakley, Deirdre, & Stowell, Jacob

Evaluate how court orders and federal intervention affected segregation within school districts in the post-Brown period.

14) 2008 - Inequality and Black-White Achievement Trends in the NAEP

Authors: Magnuson, Katherine, Rosenbaum, Dan T., & Waldfogel, Jane

Examining how recent changes in economic inequality and related social dimensions of inequality relate to trends in Black-White test score…

15) 2008 - Twenty-First Century Social Science on School Racial Diversity and Educational Outcomes

Authors: Mickelson, Roslyn A.

If amicus briefs are to bring relevant social science evidence to the attention of the Court in educational rights litigation,…

16) 2008 - Neotracking in North Carolina: How High School Courses of Study Reproduce Race and Class-Based Stratification

Authors: Mickelson, Roslyn A., & Everett, Bobbie J.

Does neotracking facilitate or hinder North Carolina's goal of equity and excellence for all students? Is there a relationship between…

17) 2008 - Trends in the Black-White Achievement Gap: Clarifying the Meaning of Within-and Between-School Achievement Gaps

Authors: Page, Lindsay, Murnane, Richard, & Willett, John

Decompose black-white achievement gap trends between 1971 and 2004 into trends in within-and between-school differences.

18) 2008 - Differential School Effects Among Low, Middle, and High Social Class Composition Schools: A Multiple Group, Multilevel Latent Growth Curve Analysis

Authors: Palardy, Gregory J.

Examine differential school effects between low, middle, and high social class composition public schools.

19) 2008 - Teacher Effectiveness in the First Grade: The Importance of Background Qualifications, Attitudes, and Instructional Practices for Student Learning

Authors: Palardy, Gregory J., & Rumberger, Russell W.

What proportion of the variation in student achievement gains can be attributed to each of the general sources: individual differences…

20) 2008 - Culture and Stalled Progress in Narrowing the Black-White Test Score Gap

Authors: Phillips, Meredith

Investigates whether changes in school-related behaviors, or changes in home environments, may have contributed to black students' stalled progress.

21) 2008 - Choice, Equity, and the Schools-Within-Schools Reform

Authors: Ready, Douglas D., & Lee, Valerie E.

To what extent did subunit themes emphasize students' disparate occupational and educational futures over their common social and academic needs?…

22) 2008 - Estimating the Influence of School Racial and Socioeconomic Composition on Student Learning: Methodological Challenges and Alternative Solutions

Authors: Ready, Douglas D., & Silander, Megan

How school racial and SES composition influence young children's academic development above and beyond the characteristics of students themselves?

23) 2008 - Demand (and Supply) in an Inter-District Public School Choice Program

Authors: Reback, Randall

This study examines parents' demand for sending their children to a public school located outside their residential school district.

24) 2008 - The Continuing Relationship Between Racial and Socioeconomic Composition and Achievement in North Carolina Schools

Authors: Southworth, Stephanie

Effects of school characteristics on NC students' reading and math achievement from 4th through 8th grade.

25) 2008 - School Structural Characteristics, Student Effort, Peer Associations, and Parental Involvement: The Influence of School- and Individual-Level Factors on Academic Achievement

Authors: Stewart, Endya B.

Examines the extent to which individual-level and school structural variables are predictors of academic achievement among a sample of 10th…

26) 2008 - Segregation and the Test Score Gap

Authors: Vigdor, Jacob, & Ludwig, Jens

Consider the role of school and neighborhood segregation in explaining trends in the black-white schooling gap.

27) 2008 - Head of the Class: Black/White Inequality, Cultural and Social Capital, and High School Math Achievement

Authors: Welcher, Adria

Investigate the role of cultural and social capital in generating the achievement disparity between Blacks and Whites.

28) 2008 - From School Desegregation to Diversity: A Close Examination of Segregation Trends and School Composition

Authors: Yun, John T., & Kurlaender, Michal

Examine school segregation at the national, district and school level and how diverse students perceive their schools and classrooms.

29) 2007 - Unraveling Black Peer Effects on Black Test Scores

Authors: Armor, David J., & Duck, Stephanie

Replicate the Hanushek, Kain and Rivkin model using North Carolina state testing data

30) 2007 - The Effect of Black Peers on Black Test Scores

Authors: Armor, David J., & Duck, Stephanie

Estimate the effect of peer characteristics on student achievement using state testing data from NC and SC and national data…

31) 2007 - School Composition and Hispanic Achievement

Authors: Armor, David J., & Watkins, Shanea

Examine the effect of Hispanic concentration on Hispanic educational outcomes.

32) 2007 - The Relative Importance of Race and Socioeconomic Status Among Hispanic and White Students

Authors: Battle, Juan, & Pastrana, Antonio Jr.

Examines the longitudinal effects of race and socioeconomic status on 12th-grade educational achievement and achievement two years after high school.

33) 2007 - A Case Study of Teachers' Perceptions of School Desegregation and the Redistribution of Social and Academic Capital

Authors: Caldas, Stephen J., Bankston III, Carl, & Cain, Judith S.

Teacher's perceptions of the core assumptions of school desegregation using data from a Louisiana district that was recently ordered to…

34) 2007 - More Than One Gap: Dropout Rate Gaps Between and Among Black, Hispanic, and White Students

Authors: Carpenter II, Dick, & Ramirez, Al

Examine variables associated with dropout behavior as a measure of achievement gaps.

35) 2007 - Adult Social Capital and Track Placement of Ethnic Groups in Germany

Authors: Cheng, Simon, Martin, Leslie, & Werum, Regina

How social capital affects educational outcomes for ethnic groups outside of the United States.

36) 2007 - Does the Ethnic Composition of Upper Secondary Schools Influence Educational Achievement and Attainment? A Multilevel Analysis of the Norwegian Case

Authors: Fekhaer, Silje, & Birkelund, Gunn

The contextual effects of ethnic minorities in schools on the educational outcome of the students attending these schools.

37) 2007 - Texas Students' College Expectations: Does High School Racial Composition Matter?

Authors: Frost, Michelle B.

The association between the racial composition of schools and Texas high school students' educational expectations.

38) 2007 - Ethnic segregation and Educational Performance at Secondary School in Bradford and Leicester

Authors: Johnston, Ron, Wilson, Deborah, & Burgess, Simon

The relationship between performance and various student and school characteristics in Bradford and Leicester.

39) 2007 - The Ecology of Early Reading Development for Children in Poverty

Authors: Kainz, Kirsten, & Vernon-Feagans, Lynne

Investigated reading development from kindergarten to third grade for economically disadvantaged children from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Kindergarten Cohort.

40) 2007 - Measuring School Racial Composition and Student Outcomes in a Multiracial Society

Authors: Kurlaender, Michal, & Yun, John T.

What are the benefits of school desegregation and diversity measured by a nonacademic outcome with social implications (comfort working).

41) 2007 - The Effects of School Racial and Ethnic Composition on Academic Achievement During Adolescence

Authors: Lee, Hedwig

The effects of school racial and ethnic composition on students' academic achievement in the U.S..

42) 2007 - Can Reducing School Segregation Close the Achievement Gap?

Authors: Lee, Jaekyung

How do racially diverse schools affect student achievement?

43) 2007 - Race and Track Locations in U.S. Public Schools

Authors: Lucas, Samuel R., & Berends, Mark

Investigate school-level differences in racial gaps in curricular location, to discern and explain varying racial/ethnic gaps.

44) 2007 - Closing the Achievement Gap: The Association of Racial Climate with Achievement and Behavioral Outcomes

Authors: Mattison, Erica & Aber, Mark S

Does racial climate mediate or moderate the relationships between race and academic and behavioral outcomes?

45) 2007 - Explaining Race Differences in Student Behavior and Academic Achievement: The Relative Contribution of Student, Peer, and School Characteristics

Authors: Muschkin, Clara, & Beck, Audrey

Explore a wide range of variation in individual and contextual influences on the behavior and academic achievement of black and…

49) 2007 - Does Gender Composition of the Classroom Matter? A Comparison of Students' Academic and Social Outcomes in Single-Gender and Coed High School Classrooms

Authors: Rienks, Shauna

How gender composition affects students' academic and socio-emotional outcomes?

50) 2007 - School Segregation and Academic Achievement Among Hispanic Children

Authors: Ryabov, Igor, & Van Hook, Jennifer

The effects of race and class composition on Latino student's academic achievement/extent to which compositional effects vary by generational status.

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