ERIC Number: EJ1405293
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 38
Abstractor: As Provided
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EISSN: EISSN-2332-8584
The Geography of Mathematical (Dis)Advantage: An Application of Multilevel Simultaneous Autoregressive (MSAR) Models to Public Data in Education Research
AERA Open, v9 n1 2023
Research has shown that mathematical proficiency gaps are related to students' and schools' indicators of poverty, with fewer studies on neighborhood effects on achievement gaps. Although this literature has accounted for students' nesting within schools, so far, methodological constraints have not allowed researchers to formally account for multilevel and spatial effects. I contribute to this discussion by simultaneously considering test-takers' own socioeconomic standing and the impact of their nesting schools and neighborhood structures. Multilevel simultaneous autoregressive (MSAR) models and population-level data of 2.09 million test-takers, whose standardized performances were measured at Grades 3-8 in New York State, revealed the presence of geography of mathematical (dis)advantage. Because mathematical performance is spatially dependent across schools and neighborhoods, moving forward, applied researchers should rely on MSAR to account for sources of spatially driven bias that cannot be handled with multilevel models alone. Full replication code and data are provided at https://cutt.ly/N4zRstL.
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, Achievement Gap, Educational Research, Regression (Statistics), Hierarchical Linear Modeling, Data Analysis, Elementary School Students, Middle School Students, Geography, Performance Based Assessment, Place Based Education, Social Class, Social Environment, Social Stratification, Economics, Economically Disadvantaged, Neighborhoods, Educational Indicators
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Secondary Education
Audience: Researchers
Language: English
Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF)
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Identifiers - Location: New York
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Data File: URL: https://cutt.ly/N4zRstL