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ERIC Number: ED616793
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2021-Nov
Pages: 52
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: N/A
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The 'Good' Schools: Academic Performance Data, School Choice, and Segregation. EdWorkingPaper No. 21-491
Houston, David M.; Henig, Jeffrey R.
Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University
We examine the effects of disseminating academic performance data--either status, growth, or both--on parents' school choices and their implications for racial, ethnic, and economic segregation. We conduct an online survey experiment featuring a nationally representative sample of parents and caretakers of children age 0-12. Participants choose between three randomly sampled elementary schools drawn from the same school district. Only growth information--alone and not in concert with status information--has clear and consistent desegregating consequences. Because states that include growth in their school accountability systems have generally done so as a supplement to and not a replacement for status, there is little reason to expect that this development will influence choice behavior in a manner that meaningfully reduces school segregation.
Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University. Brown University Box 1985, Providence, RI 02912. Tel: 401-863-7990; Fax: 401-863-1290; e-mail: AISR_Info@brown.edu; Web site: http://www.annenberginstitute.org
Publication Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Elementary Secondary Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: Spencer Foundation
Authoring Institution: Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University
Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: No Child Left Behind Act 2001; Every Student Succeeds Act 2015
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A