Measuring school segregation

Years After Brown : Trends and Consequences of School Segregation

Since the Supreme Court’s 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision, researchers and policymakers have paid close attention to trends in school segregation. While Brown focused on black‐white segregation, here we review the evidence regarding trends and consequences of both racial and economic school segregation. In general, the evidence regarding trends in racial segregation suggests that the ...

Unpublished Appendix to “ Measuring School Segregation ”

60 Years After Brown: Trends and Consequences of School Segregation

Since the Supreme Court’s 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision, researchers and policymakers have paid close attention to trends in school segregation. Here we review the evidence regarding these trends and their consequences. In general, the evidence regarding trends in segregation suggests that the most significant declines in school segregation occurred at the end of the 1960s and the s...

What Should an Index of School Segregation Measure?

The Centre for the Economics of Education is an independent research centre funded by the Department for Education and Skills. The views expressed in this work are those of the author and do not reflect the views of the DfES. All errors and omissions remain the authors. Executive Summary The paper aims to make a methodological contribution to the education segregation literature, providing a cr...

Multilevel Modeling of Social Segregation

The traditional approach to measuring segregation is based upon descriptive, non-model-based indices. A recently proposed alternative is multilevel modeling. The authors further develop the argument for a multilevel modeling approach by first describing and expanding upon its notable advantages, which include an ability to model segregation at a number of scales simultaneously. The authors then...