- 1) Students begin first grade in schools with different levels of percent black students and finish eighth grade in schools that are almost equally disparate. Students who attend the most racially isolated schools experience a decrease of roughly 10% in the percent black students to which they are exposed. However, students in the least percent black schools experience virtually no change in percent black throughout the eight years.
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2) Segregation trajectory of the student’s first grade school is the primary predictor of the child’s own segregation exposure trajectory, net of other covariates.