ERIC Number: EJ881885
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2010
Pages: 28
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-1245
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New Directions in Measuring Racial Isolation in School
Conger, Dylan
Education and Urban Society, v42 n3 p307-334 2010
This article offers new directions in measuring racial isolation in schools. The most widely used measurement approach is to examine the mean on the distribution of school percentage non-White across non-White students (the isolation rate) or the percentage of non-White students in schools with large shares of non-Whites (e.g., 90% or more) at a single point in time. Using data on New York City public school students, I discuss the complexity that is revealed when school officials and researchers consider the following three dimensions of racial isolation: between classrooms, over time, and among non-White students. (Contains 6 tables, 2 figures, and 6 notes.)
Descriptors: Measurement Techniques, Evaluation Methods, Social Isolation, Disproportionate Representation, Racial Composition, Racial Segregation, Racial Distribution, Databases, Data Interpretation, Elementary School Students, Public Schools, Predictor Variables, Evaluation Research, School Statistics
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: New York
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