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Title: Race and the Mismeasure of School Quality. Policy Brief
Language: English
Authors: Joshua Angrist, Peter Hull, Parag Pathak, Christopher Walters, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Blueprint Labs
Source: Blueprint Labs. 2022.
Availability: Blueprint Labs. 30 Wadsworth Street, Cambridge, MA 02142. e-mail: contact@mitblueprintlabs.org; Web site: https://blueprintlabs.mit.edu/
Peer Reviewed: N
Page Count: 3
Publication Date: 2022
Document Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
Grade 6
Intermediate Grades
Middle Schools
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Race, Academic Achievement, Elementary School Students, Grade 6, Racial Composition, Educational Quality
Geographic Terms: Colorado (Denver), New York (New York)
Abstract: Many states, school districts, and information-sharing platforms report measures of school performance. Often called "school ratings," they are widely consulted by parents and educators alike. A school's rating is often strongly correlated with the racial make-up of its student body. In this paper, the authors analyzed this correlation in commonly used ratings of schools in New York City (NYC) and Denver, formulating a new measure of school performance. This study's findings suggest that, for middle schools in NYC and Denver, the racial make-up of a school's student body is largely unrelated to school quality. This study offers a simple method for adjusting academic performance ratings that removes the correlation between the rating and race. The researchers find that race-balanced progress ratings are at least if not more predictive of school quality than are conventional progress ratings.
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