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2002 - Who Goes Where? How Kindergarteners' Social Background Maps Onto the Quality of the Elementary Schools They Attend

Attribution: Lee, Valerie E., Burkam, David, & LoGerfo, Laura
Researchers: David BurkamLaura LoGerfoValerie E. Lee
University Affiliation: University of Michigan
Email: velee@umich.edu
Research Question:
Investigates link between children's' social background and quality of their elementary school
Published: 1
Journal Name or Institutional Affiliation: N/A
Journal Entry: N/A
Year: 2002
Findings:
  • Consistent pattern-more advantaged children attend schools of higher quality. Blacks, Hispanics and non-English speaking children are more likely to attend schools of lower ability and lower average SES. Black and Hispanic children attend schools with fewer resources.
Keywords: SESRegions: NationalMethodologies: QuantitativeResearch Designs: SurveyAnalysis Methods: Regression Sampling Frame:National
Sampling Types: RandomAnalysis Units: IndividualData Types: Quantitative-Cross Sectional
Data Description:
  • Data are from the ECLS-K 1998-1999 of the NCES (nationally representative cohort of children K-5th grade). Children’s social background are 4 measures (demographic, SES, preschool care, residential location). School quality measures (SES, ad student’s average, reading ad motion ability), school sector-public/private, school resources, school environment.
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Archives: K-12 Integration, Desegregation, and Segregation Abstracts
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