{"id":63123,"date":"2022-05-28T18:31:27","date_gmt":"2022-05-28T22:31:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/world.edu\/?p=63123"},"modified":"2022-05-28T18:32:21","modified_gmt":"2022-05-28T22:32:21","slug":"students-are-often-segregated-within-the-same-schools-not-just-by-being-sent-to-different-ones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/world.edu\/students-are-often-segregated-within-the-same-schools-not-just-by-being-sent-to-different-ones\/","title":{"rendered":"Students are often segregated within the same schools, not just by being sent to different ones"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Children from low-income households are\u00a0increasingly being segregated into different classrooms<\/a>\u00a0from their peers from higher-income households, according to recent research\u00a0I<\/a>\u00a0have conducted with education policy scholar\u00a0Dave E. Marcotte<\/a>.<\/p>\n

From 2007 to 2014, we tracked all North Carolina public school students statewide, from third through eighth grades, observing how the students were grouped into math and English language arts classes by each school\u2019s process for creating class groups.<\/p>\n

We used course enrollment data to figure out how many students in each classroom were from families whose incomes are at or below 185% of the federal poverty threshold \u2013 and how many were not. We found that those economically disadvantaged students were increasingly likely to be concentrated in a subset of classrooms rather than spread out relatively evenly throughout the school.<\/p>\n

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Why it matters<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Often school segregation is thought about as Black and white students being forced to attend\u00a0different schools<\/a>. This makes sense given the\u00a0history of Jim Crow<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 a 19th- and 20th-century legal system meant to\u00a0relegate Black people to second-class status<\/a>\u00a0in white society \u2013 and\u00a0court orders to desegregate schools<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Another aspect of this issue is how students are sorted into classrooms within schools. A 2021 study found that more racially diverse schools are\u00a0more likely to have classrooms that are more segregated<\/a>\u00a0than schools that are less diverse overall.<\/p>\n

Researchers have recently begun to identify\u00a0rising levels of segregation between schools<\/a>\u00a0based not just on race, but also on household income.<\/p>\n

Students from wealthier households are more likely than their less-well-off peers to have\u00a0higher academic achievement as measured by test scores<\/a>\u00a0and to\u00a0attend and complete college<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Efforts to provide equitable opportunities for all students often focus on comparing funding and staffing between schools. Indeed, lower levels of school funding lead to\u00a0lower educational attainment and lower wages in adulthood<\/a>.<\/p>\n

However, resources can also be distributed inequitably within schools, on a classroom-by-classroom basis. For instance,\u00a0more experienced teachers raise student test scores more than novice teachers, on average<\/a>. However, novice teachers are\u00a0frequently assigned to classrooms with more low-income students<\/a>. Therefore, the more students are separated along lines of household income, the more likely poorer students are to fall behind academically.<\/p>\n

What still isn\u2019t known<\/strong><\/h4>\n

We aren\u2019t sure why there is an increase in segregation within schools by household income. One potential reason could be an increase in what is called \u201cacademic tracking<\/a>,\u201d which is the process of grouping students into classes based on their prior achievement, such as performance on standardized tests.<\/p>\n

If\u00a0low-income students perform worse on standardized tests than their peers<\/a>, they may be placed in lower tracks. However, standardized test scores may not accurately reflect ability for low-income students, since\u00a0students from marginalized groups perform disproportionately worse<\/a>\u00a0on assessments.<\/p>\n

If in fact test scores do accurately reflect ability, there may be\u00a0some educational advantages<\/a>\u00a0to track students into certain classes. However, researchers have long argued that\u00a0tracking perpetuates inequalities between low- and high-tracked students<\/a>. For example, students who are placed on lower tracks than their peers\u00a0suffer from lower self-esteem<\/a>\u00a0and are\u00a0not as well prepared for college success<\/a>\u00a0as higher-tracked students with similar test scores.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0growth in charter school enrollments<\/a>\u00a0over the past two decades could also contribute to the increases in within-school segregation by income that we find. Public school principals who fear their students may depart for charters may attempt to retain them\u00a0by introducing specialized curricula or expanding gifted and talented programs<\/a>. If these programs continue to primarily serve students from families with higher incomes, that could increase income segregation within schools. This is a possibility we are exploring.<\/p>\n

Author Bio:<\/strong> Kari Dalane is a Ph.D. Candidate in Public Administration and Policy at the American University School of Public Affairs<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Children from low-income households are\u00a0increasingly being segregated into different classrooms\u00a0from their peers from higher-income households, according to recent research\u00a0I\u00a0have conducted with education policy scholar\u00a0Dave E. Marcotte. 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