Mapping Concentrated Disadvantage, School Discipline, and Academic Achievement in the State of California

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Abstract

American Institutes for Research (AIR), in collaboration with Virginia Tech University conducted an analysis of census and school district data in the state of California to visualize the distribution of concentrated disadvantage, school discipline, and academic achievement in rural, urban, and suburban contexts. This panel will discuss the methods used to collect the data and create maps to visualize these distributions and will examine the manner in which concentrated disadvantage offers insights or obscures reality when applied in different geographical and socio-cultural and economic contexts

Authors

• Patricia Campie, American Institutes for Research

• Anthony Peguero, Virginia Tech

• Nicholas Read, American Institutes for Research

• Robert Malongo, American Institutes for Research