- Significant Black-White achievement gaps in math and reading were found.
- School racial composition influences reading and math achievement and attending segregated Black school depresses achievement, even when class and family attributes are accounted for. In math, there is a 3.9 point penalty for attending a Black segregated school.
- For a 1% increase in the percentage of students receiving free or reduced school lunch, average mathematics achievement decreases correspondingly by .06 points.
- There is a 1.3 points advantage in attending a White segregated school.
- Reading scores are 2.4 points lower in Black segregated schools and 0.9 points higher in White segregated schools.
- There was no significant interaction found between student’s race and the racial composition of the school the student attends.
- The advantage of attending a White school is not captured with the per pupil expenditure measure.
- Disparities in other school resources may account for these effects.