Majority-Black community areas had the highest school dispersion: 21 of the 25 community areas with the highest dispersion ratios were majority-Black¶

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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? Community areas that were majority-Black were the most likely to have students dispersed across many different high schools, with 21 of the 25 highest dispersion ratios majority-Black and only one of the 25 lowest. → 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 using a school dispersion ratio measuring the number of schools attended for every 100 CPS ninth-graders in a community area, shown in Figure 4. Dispersion ratios ranged from about five to over 30 schools per 100 ninth-graders across community areas.

"Figure 4 shows that 21 of the 25 community areas with the highest dispersion ratios were majority-Black, while only one of the 25 community areas with the lowest dispersion ratios was majority-Black."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

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

Related Claims¶

• 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 — related
• Black students and students from the lowest-SES neighborhoods ranked more programs but were less likely to rank a high-accountability school first — 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 — a broader claim this one bears on