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2005 - Who Graduates in the South?

Attribution: Swanson, Christopher
Researchers: Christopher Swanson
University Affiliation: The Urban Institute
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Research Question:
Who Graduates in the South?
Published: 1
Journal Name or Institutional Affiliation: The Urban Institute
Journal Entry: May
Year: 2005
Findings:
  • Less than 65% of all students attending public schools in the South complete high school with a regular diploma.
  • There is a graduation gap of 27 percentage points between the highest and the lowest- performing groups.
  • Very large disparities still remain among students from different racial and ethnic groups.
  • The Whites are the most isolated of the major racial or ethnic groups within public education systems in the South.
  • Segregation affects the lives of all students in detrimental ways.
Keywords: Graduation RatesHigh SchoolLong Term OutcomesSegregationRegions: SouthMethodologies: QuantitativeResearch Designs: SurveyAnalysis Methods: Descriptive Statistics Sampling Frame:High School Graduates
Sampling Types: NonrandomAnalysis Units: StudentData Types: Quantitative-Longitudinal
Data Description:
  • Graduation rates are calculated using the Cumulative Promotion Index (CPI), an index used at the Urban Institute.
  • Data obtained from the U.S. Department of Education’s Common Core of Data.
  • DV: High school graduation
  • IV: Students’ race, ethnicity, racial segregation, economic segregation
Theoretical Framework:
Relevance:
Archives: K-12 Integration, Desegregation, and Segregation Abstracts
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