Integrated schools are most likely to keep pace with ITBS norms while predominantly minority and African-American schools are most likely to lag¶
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q2 i? School racial composition is related to instructional pacing, with integrated schools fastest and predominantly minority and African-American schools slowest. → Julia B. Smith 1998
Evidence¶
Julia B. Smith 1998¶
Julia B. Smith, BetsAnn Smith, Anthony S. Bryk. (1998). Setting the Pace: Opportunities to Learn in Chicago's Elementary Schools. Consortium on Chicago School Research. https://consortium.uchicago.edu/publications/setting-pace-opportunities-learn-chicago-public-elementary-schools
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Analysis of pacing trajectories by school racial composition categories shown in Figure 7. The pattern varies somewhat from grade to grade but reveals major differences in opportunities to learn tied to students' social background.
"integrated schools are the most likely to keep pace with ITBS norms, followed by Chicago's racially mixed schools and predominately Hispanic elementary schools. Predominately minority and African-American schools are the most likely to suffer slow pacing that lags behind ITBS demands."
Discussion¶
Learner Variables¶
- Race and Ethnicity — predictor: outcomes differ by group: a gap reflecting circumstances and treatment, not a cause
Related Claims¶
- High-poverty Chicago schools show instructional pacing that flattens out around fourth grade, while mixed-income schools keep pace with ITBS norms — related
- Less than half of Chicago elementary schools keep pace with ITBS grade-level content expectations during the last three years of elementary schooling — related
- School improvement rates varied by community type: Latino, racially diverse, and integrated schools improved disproportionately, while stagnation concentrated in predominantly African-American low-income communities — related
- During Phase I reform, a subset of very disadvantaged, racially isolated African-American schools showed weak improvement — related
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Integrated schools are most likely to keep pace with ITBS norms while predominantly minority and African-American schools are most likely to lag |
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Integrated schools are most likely to keep pace with ITBS norms while predominantly minority and African-American schools are most likely to lag |
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