Black students and students from the lowest-SES neighborhoods ranked more programs but were less likely to rank a high-accountability school first¶

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Subclaims¶

q2 i? Black applicants and Tier 1 (lowest-SES) applicants ranked more programs on average but were less likely than other subgroups to list a program at a SQRP Level 1+/1 school at the top of their application (60 percent of Black vs. 94 percent of White applicants; 66 percent of Tier 1 vs. 90 percent of Tier 4 applicants). → Barrow 2019

Evidence¶

Barrow 2019¶

Barrow, L., & Sartain, L. (2019). GoCPS: A first look at ninth-grade applications, offers, and enrollment. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Consortium on School Research. https://consortium.uchicago.edu

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Descriptive analysis of Round 1 GoCPS choice-application rankings by neighborhood SES tier and race/ethnicity. The report also finds about two of every three Tier 1 applicants (66 percent) ranked a Level 1+/1 school at the top, compared with 90 percent of Tier 4 applicants.

"Specifically, 60 percent of Black applicants listed a program at a high accountability school at the top of their application, compared with 82 percent of Latino applicants and 94 percent of White applicants."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

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• Many applicants failed to complete post-application admission requirements, with Black and Latino students least likely to complete them — related
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