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Bohrnstedt, G.; Kitmitto, S.; Ogut, B.; Sherman, D.; Chan, D. – National Center for Education Statistics, 2015
The School Composition and the Black-White Achievement Gap study was undertaken by the National Center for Education Statistics to present both descriptive and associative information on the relationships among the percentage of students in a school who were Black (referred to as "Black student density" or "density"), the…
Descriptors: School Demography, Racial Composition, Achievement Gap, African American Students
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Bohrnstedt, G.; Kitmitto, S.; Ogut, B.; Sherman, D.; Chan, D. – National Center for Education Statistics, 2015
School Composition and the Black-White Achievement Gap explores public schools' demographic composition, in particular, the proportion of Black students enrolled in schools (also referred to "Black student density" in schools) and its relation to the Black-White achievement gap. This NCES study, the first of its kind, used the 2011 NAEP…
Descriptors: School Demography, Racial Composition, Achievement Gap, Public Schools