The influence of student, neighborhood, and school factors on college readiness : an examination of factors combined as a result of implementing a race- and socioeconomically-based student assignment plan.

student background factors;school factors;student assignment;college readiness

Gregory Paul Herberger

University:University of Louisville

Department:Educational Leadership, Evaluation and Organizational Development

关键词: student background factors;    school factors;    student assignment;    college readiness;   

Others  :  https://ir.library.louisville.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3651&context=etd

美国|英语

来源: The Universite of Louisville's Institutional Repository

【 摘 要 】

In 2006, Meredith v. Jefferson County Board of Education determined race-based student assignment plans violated the 14th Amendment. Through the assistance of Orfield and Frankenberg (2011), Jefferson County Public Schools (JCPS) reconfigured the district’s race-based student assignment and implemented a race- and socioeconomic-based student assignment plan. The purpose of this study was to examine students’ backgrounds and school composition factors within a race- and socioeconomic-based assignment plan to determine the extent the factors are related to college readiness. Based on data obtained from 3,018 Grade 11 students, hierarchical linear multiple regression was used to examine the utility of student background, school factors, and neighborhood factors to predict ACT scores. The predictors were found to explain 72.4%, 64.4%, and 57.4% of variance in ACT English, Mathematics, and Reading scores, respectively. Implications to policy, practice, and research are discussed.