Racial and Economic Segregation and Achievement Gaps Within School Districts

• In Event: Challenging Structural Racism: Ecologies of Communities and Educational Policies

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to explore the racial and economic segregation that occurs between and within school districts. The data that was utilized to analyze segregation was obtained from the Northwest Evaluation Association, which included common core of data – database of public elementary and secondary schools in the United States. Data from the 2014 school year was utilized and it included 1,649 school districts and 4,274 schools. To analyze the racial and economic segregation across and within school districts, a multilevel model will be conducted.

Authors

• Joselyn Perez, University of Connecticut

• D. Betsy Mccoach, University of Connecticut