Explain the gross differences in scholastic achievement of Public, Private Government-Dependent, and Private Independent Schools.
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ClearWhat We've Learned About Stalled Progress in Closing the Black-White Achievement Gap
Examines a number of phenomena that might plausibly fit the cited criteria for contributing to the narrowing or expansion of the Black-White test score gap.
The Post-Parents Involved Challenge: Confronting Extralegal Obstacles to Integration
How do assumptions, structures, institutions and other factors that impact our educational system interact to create and perpetuate inequality? Is school racial segregation one of the factors that create and perpetuate educational inequality?
On the Determinants and Implications of School Choice: Comments Semi-Structural Simulations for Chile
Studies the effects of school choice on bothstudent welfare and socioeconomic segregation.
Academic and Racial Segregation in Charter Schools: Do Parents Sort Students into Specialized Charter Schools?
This article presents a dynamic model that focuses on how parental school choices affect the degree of racial and academic segregation that students experience in charter schools.
The Impact of School Choice on Racial Segregation in Charter Schools
This study examines the impact of school choice on the degree of racial segregation by comparing
the conditions in the district schools students exited to the conditions in the charter schools they entered the following year.
Can Gaps in the Quality of Early Environments and Noncognitive Skills Help Explain Persisting Black-White Achievement Gaps?
Examination of whether or not early childhood environments and cognitive development/achievement skills influence the Black-White achievement gaps.
Harming the Best: How Schools Affect the Black-White Achievement Gap
Study the impact of school quality on the B-W achievement gap & particularly its evolution across different parts of the achievement distribution.
Primary School Choice and Ethnic School Segregation in German Elementary Schools
This study aims at addressing relevant mechanisms in the school choice process that contribute to the emergence of ethnic school segregation and it utilizes this framework to assess their empirical importance for a particular German setting.
School Policies and the Test Score Gap
Explores the potential effectiveness of school policies and strategies that have been proposed or justified–at least in part–on the basis of their potential for reducing black-white test score gaps.
Friendship Networks and Racial/Ethnic Differences in Academic Outcomes
What is the effect of racial and achievement composition on two peer group characteristics both at the school and at friendship network levels?
Race, Racial Concentration, and the Dynamics of Educational Inequality Across Urban and Suburban Schools
How does the process of educational performance and attainment differ across the 2 types of American schools (low and high minority schools)?
School Segregation in Metropolitan Regions, 1970-2000: The Impacts of Policy Choices on Public Education
Evaluate how court orders and federal intervention affected segregation within school districts in the post-Brown period.
Inequality and Black-White Achievement Trends in the NAEP
Examining how recent changes in economic inequality and related social dimensions of inequality relate to trends in Black-White test score gaps. Links between inequality and black-white achievement trends for nine-years-olds are analyzed.
Twenty-First Century Social Science on School Racial Diversity and Educational Outcomes
If amicus briefs are to bring relevant social science evidence to the attention of the Court in educational rights litigation, which research studies should be summarized and interpreted in the briefs?
Neotracking in North Carolina: How High School Courses of Study Reproduce Race and Class-Based Stratification
Does neotracking facilitate or hinder North Carolina’s goal of equity and excellence for all students? Is there a relationship between district and school demographics, students’ racial background and their course of study (COS) assignments?Does between- and within- school variations in COS placement result in greater or less race and social class stratification in opportunities to learn?
Trends in the Black-White Achievement Gap: Clarifying the Meaning of Within-and Between-School Achievement Gaps
Decompose black-white achievement gap trends between 1971 and 2004 into trends in within-and between-school differences.
Teacher Effectiveness in the First Grade: The Importance of Background Qualifications, Attitudes, and Instructional Practices for Student Learning
What proportion of the variation in student achievement gains can be attributed to each of the general sources: individual differences in student background, classroom effects, and school effects? To what degree do differences in teacher effectiveness affect student achievement gains? What is the relative size of the effects of student background qualifications, attitudes and instructional practices on student achievement gains in first grade?
Culture and Stalled Progress in Narrowing the Black-White Test Score Gap
Investigates whether changes in school-related behaviors, or changes in home environments, may have contributed to black students’ stalled progress.
Choice, Equity, and the Schools-Within-Schools Reform
- To what extent did subunit themes emphasize students’ disparate occupational and educational futures over their common social and academic needs?
- What rationales did students offer for their subunit selections, and how did their choices reflect their interests, motivations, social backgrounds, and academic abilities?
Estimating the Influence of School Racial and Socioeconomic Composition on Student Learning: Methodological Challenges and Alternative Solutions
How school racial and SES composition influence young children’s academic development above and beyond the characteristics of students themselves?
Demand (and Supply) in an Inter-District Public School Choice Program
This study examines parents’ demand for sending their children to a public school located outside their residential school district.
The Continuing Relationship Between Racial and Socioeconomic Composition and Achievement in North Carolina Schools
Effects of school characteristics on NC students’ reading and math achievement from 4th through 8th grade.
School Structural Characteristics, Student Effort, Peer Associations, and Parental Involvement: The Influence of School- and Individual-Level Factors on Academic Achievement
Examines the extent to which individual-level and school structural variables are predictors of academic achievement among a sample of 10th grade students abstracted from the National Educational Longitudinal Study database.
Segregation and the Test Score Gap
Consider the role of school and neighborhood segregation in explaining trends in the black-white schooling gap.
From School Desegregation to Diversity: A Close Examination of Segregation Trends and School Composition
Examine school segregation at the national, district and school level and how diverse students perceive their schools and classrooms.
Unraveling Black Peer Effects on Black Test Scores
Replicate the Hanushek, Kain and Rivkin model using North Carolina state testing data
The Effect of Black Peers on Black Test Scores
Estimate the effect of peer characteristics on student achievement using state testing data from NC and SC and national data from ECLS.
School Composition and Hispanic Achievement
Examine the effect of Hispanic concentration on Hispanic educational outcomes.
More Than One Gap: Dropout Rate Gaps Between and Among Black, Hispanic, and White Students
Examine variables associated with dropout behavior as a measure of achievement gaps.
Does the Ethnic Composition of Upper Secondary Schools Influence Educational Achievement and Attainment? A Multilevel Analysis of the Norwegian Case
The contextual effects of ethnic minorities in schools on the educational outcome of the students attending these schools.
Texas Students' College Expectations: Does High School Racial Composition Matter?
The association between the racial composition of schools and Texas high school students’ educational expectations.
Ethnic segregation and Educational Performance at Secondary School in Bradford and Leicester
The relationship between performance and various student and school characteristics in Bradford and Leicester.
The Ecology of Early Reading Development for Children in Poverty
Investigated reading development from kindergarten to third grade for economically disadvantaged children from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Kindergarten Cohort.
Measuring School Racial Composition and Student Outcomes in a Multiracial Society
What are the benefits of school desegregation and diversity measured by a nonacademic outcome with social implications (comfort working).
The Effects of School Racial and Ethnic Composition on Academic Achievement During Adolescence
The effects of school racial and ethnic composition on students’ academic achievement in the U.S..
Can Reducing School Segregation Close the Achievement Gap?
How do racially diverse schools affect student achievement?
Closing the Achievement Gap: The Association of Racial Climate with Achievement and Behavioral Outcomes
Does racial climate mediate or moderate the relationships between race and academic and behavioral outcomes?
Explaining Race Differences in Student Behavior and Academic Achievement: The Relative Contribution of Student, Peer, and School Characteristics
Explore a wide range of variation in individual and contextual influences on the behavior and academic achievement of black and white students.
A Method for Identifying Variables for Predicting STEM Enrollment
This research examines demographic, academic, attitudinal, andexperiential data from the Cooperative Institutional Research Program (CIRP) for over 12,000 students at two universities to test a methodology for identifying variables showing significant differences between students intending to major in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) versus non-STEM subjects. Identifying potential candidates for STEM enrollment necessi-tates a methodology for analyzing databases containing demo-graphic, academic performance, and attitudinal information acrossa wide array of students. Finding variables that are consistently significant predictors of STEM interest and capability across a range of population subgroups requires the ability to examine a large set of variables since some variables may be significant only for specific subgroups.
School Composition and Student Outcomes: A Review of Emerging Areas of Research
Review of current research on school composition and its effects on student outcomes.
School Composition Effects in Denmark: Quantile Regression Evidence from PISA 2000
Estimate the effect of the socioeconomic mix of the schools on students’ test scores.
Does Gender Composition of the Classroom Matter? A Comparison of Students' Academic and Social Outcomes in Single-Gender and Coed High School Classrooms
How gender composition affects students’ academic and socio-emotional outcomes?