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Clotfelter, Charles T.; Ladd, Helen F.; Clifton, Calen R.; Turaeva, Mavzuna – National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research (CALDER), 2020
Using detailed administrative data for public schools, we document racial and ethnic segregation at the classroom level in North Carolina, a state that has experienced a sharp increase in Hispanic enrollment. We decompose classroom-level segregation in counties into within-school and between-school components. We find that the within-school…
Descriptors: School Segregation, Racial Segregation, Classroom Environment, Middle School Students
Bifulco, Robert; Ladd, Helen F.; Ross, Stephen – National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research, 2008
Using evidence from Durham, North Carolina, we examine the impact of school choice programs on racial and class-based segregation across schools. Theoretical considerations suggest that how choice programs affect segregation will depend not only on the family preferences emphasized in the sociology literature but also on the linkages between…
Descriptors: Racial Segregation, School Choice, School Segregation, Performance Factors
Clotfelter, Charles T.; Ladd, Helen F.; Vigdor, Jacob L. – Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy, 2008
Using detailed administrative data for the public K-12 schools of North Carolina, we measure racial segregation in the public schools of North Carolina. With data for the 2005/06 school year, we update previously published calculations that measure segregation in terms of unevenness in racial enrollment patterns both between schools and within…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Racial Segregation, School Segregation, Racial Composition