ERIC Number: EJ727490
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2004
Pages: 30
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Accountability in a Postdesegregation Era: The Continuing Significance of Racial Segregation in Florida's Schools
Borman, Kathryn M.; Eitle, Tamela McNulty; Michael, Deanna; Eitle, David J.; Lee, Reginald; Johnson, Larry; Cobb-Roberts, Deirdre; Dorn, Sherman; Shircliffe, Barbara
American Educational Research Journal, v41 n3 p605-634 Fall 2004
In the wake of both the end of court-ordered school desegregation and the growing popularity of accountability as a mechanism to maximize student achievement, the authors explore the association between racial segregation and the percentage of students passing high-stakes tests in Florida's schools. Results suggest that segregation matters in predicting school-level performance on the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test after control for other known and purported predictors of standardized test performance. Also, these results suggest that neither recent efforts by the state of Florida to equalize the funding of education nor current efforts involving high-stakes testing will close the Black-White achievement gap without consideration of the racial distribution of students across schools.
Descriptors: Standardized Tests, School Desegregation, Racial Segregation, Racial Distribution, High Stakes Tests, Accountability, Academic Achievement, Educational Equity (Finance)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Florida
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test
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