| Owner: |
David Stevens
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| Owner Email: |
David.stevens.sma@gmail.com
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| Paper Title: |
Evaluation of a Protocol for School Assignment Prioritizing Equity and Diversity
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| Session Title: |
Equity and Effectiveness: Evaluation of Policies and Programs
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| Paper Type: |
Paper
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| Presentation Date: |
4/23/2022
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| Presentation Location: |
San Diego, California
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| Descriptors: |
Data use, Equity, Policy
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| Methodology: |
Quantitative
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| Author(s): |
David Stevens, University of California - Berkeley
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| Unit: |
Division L - Educational Policies and Politics
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| Abstract: |
Recent polling shows strong support for policies that desegregate schools along racial and socioeconomic lines. This study tested a protocol for school assignment and compared the resulting demographic and academic distributions against the current assignment system. The new model showed an average 55.3% reduction in the variability of student body composition between schools along all demographics. In the current model, schools explained 19.4% (p<.0001) of the variance in achievement compared to 0.002% in the new model (p=0.54). Pairwise-comparisons and effect sizes showed no differences between schools in the new model unlike in the current model. This protocol demonstrated potential as a policy solution for school assignment yielding undifferentiated schools that were demographically and academically representative of the overall school district.
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| DOI: |
https://doi.org/10.3102/1883806
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