Ninth-grade enrollment in school types differed by community-area racial/ethnic makeup: 22 of 30 majority-Black areas had at least 25 percent of ninth-graders in charter schools, and no majority-Latinx area had a quarter in selective enrollment¶

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Evidence · 1 study · associational r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2021 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person · overdue for a recheck since 2024: local conditions change quickly

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Enrollment patterns by school type differed significantly by the racial/ethnic makeup of community areas: 22 of 30 majority-Black and 11 of 26 majority-Latinx areas had at least 25 percent of ninth-graders in charter schools, while no majority-White or majority-Asian American/Pacific Islander area did. → McKoy 2021

Evidence¶

McKoy 2021¶

McKoy, D., Usher, A., Nagaoka, J., & Khatri, S. (2021). Approaching Chicago student attainment from a community perspective. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Consortium on School Research. https://toandthrough.uchicago.edu/tool/cps/comm

q2 · i? · associational · r2

Descriptive analysis in Chapter 1 (Table 4) of 2018–19 ninth-grade enrollment across five school types by majority race/ethnicity of community areas. The report also notes only two majority-Black and no majority-Latinx areas had at least a quarter of ninth-graders in selective enrollment schools.

"When we examine enrollment patterns by school type, we see that 22 out of 30 majority-Black community areas had at least 25 percent of ninth-graders enrolled into charter schools, as did 11 of 26 majority-Latinx community areas."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Race and Ethnicity — predictor: outcomes differ by group: a gap reflecting circumstances and treatment, not a cause

Related Claims¶

• 2018–19 CPS ninth-graders were residentially segregated by race/ethnicity: one racial/ethnic group comprised over 50 percent of ninth-graders in 65 of 77 community areas — related
• Ninth-grade enrollment overall and by school type and accountability rating stayed relatively stable after GoCPS implementation — related
• Majority-Black community areas had the highest school dispersion: 21 of the 25 community areas with the highest dispersion ratios were majority-Black — related
• GoCPS did not produce major changes in enrollment patterns, and pre-existing racial/ethnic and income differences in enrolling in high-SQRP schools persisted — related