Attending racially integrated schools is associated with higher academic achievement and improved long-term educational and economic outcomes for students of color, with no academic harm for white students¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · review r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2021 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Racially integrated learning environments have positive impacts on academic achievement for students of all races, per a synthesis of four decades of research. → George 2021 q2 i? In a large-scale study of court-ordered desegregation, graduation rates climbed by 2 percentage points for every year a Black student attended an integrated school, with wage and poverty benefits after 5 years of exposure. → George 2021 (2)

Evidence¶

George 2021¶

George, J., & Darling-Hammond, L. (2021). Advancing integration and equity through magnet schools. Learning Policy Institute. https://learningpolicyinstitute.org/product/magnet-schools

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The report's narrative review of integration research states that a synthesis of 4 decades of research demonstrates academic benefits of diverse schools, including "higher achievement in math, science, language, and reading" and increased likelihood of high school and college graduation. No effect sizes are printed.

"A substantial body of research has found that racially integrated learning environments have positive impacts on academic achievement for students of all races."

George 2021 (2)¶

George, J., & Darling-Hammond, L. (2021). Advancing integration and equity through magnet schools. Learning Policy Institute. https://learningpolicyinstitute.org/product/magnet-schools

q2 · i? · review · r2

The report attributes to economist Rucker Johnson a large-scale study of court-ordered desegregation effects on students born between 1945 and 1970, in which "graduation rates climbed by 2 percentage points" per year of integrated schooling; 5 years of exposure was associated with a 15% wage increase and an 11 percentage point decline in annual poverty rates.

"economist Rucker Johnson found that graduation rates climbed by 2 percentage points for every year a Black student attended an integrated school."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Teacher-student racial and cultural match is associated with benefits for students of color and all P-12 students — related
• Racially integrated learning environments have positive impacts on academic achievement for students of all races, per the research the report synthesizes — possibly the same claim (merge candidate)
• Interdistrict desegregation choice plans decrease segregation, help close racial achievement gaps, and improve racial attitudes and long-term outcomes — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
• The authors infer the DC voucher program is likely reducing racial segregation in schooling, since 94% of voucher users are African American — related
• Whole school magnets and magnets without selective admissions policies have generally been found more effective at integration that supports achievement gains — related
• Students of color benefit academically and behaviorally from having teachers of the same race. — related
• Interdistrict desegregation choice programs show achievement and graduation benefits for disadvantaged students, with stronger outcomes the longer students remain — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
• Research by others indicates pairing teachers and students of the same race significantly increases reading and math achievement of Black and White students and raises high school completion probability — related
• Magnet schools typically show positive effects on achievement, graduation, motivation, and integration, though integration varies widely by district — related
• Graduates of desegregated 1970s high schools report both benefits from desegregation and experiences of backlash against it — a narrower finding that bears on this claim