An Alternative to Gap-Gazing: Examining Differences within Groups and Similarities between Groups in Urban High Schools

Autor/in	Parke, Carol S.
Titel	An Alternative to Gap-Gazing: Examining Differences within Groups and Similarities between Groups in Urban High Schools
Quelle	In: Excellence in Education Journal, 1 (2012) 1, S.29-48 (20 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2474-4166
Schlagwörter	Databases; Student Records; High Schools; Urban Schools; Enrollment Trends; High School Students; Low Achievement; Secondary School Mathematics; Racial Differences; Student Mobility; African American Students; White Students; Grade 9; Mathematics Achievement + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Datenbank; Schülerakte; High school; Oberschule; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; High schools; Student; Students; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Unterdurchschnittliche Leistung; Rassenunterschied; Mobility; Mobilität; African Americans; Afroamerikaner; School year 09; 9. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 09; Mathmatics sikills; Mathmatics achievement; Mathematical ability; Mathematische Kompetenz
Abstract	This paper provides an illustration of how schools can use their extensive student databases in a way that goes beyond comparing differences between demographic subgroups. The urban district was already aware of the extent and nature of achievement gaps "between" demographic subgroups as published in accountability reports. They were in need of a more nuanced investigation of differences "within" subgroups to examine two areas of concern: a) decrease in student enrollment after 9th grade, and b) low student performance in high school mathematics. One result showed considerable math performance differences within the Black subgroup for students who stayed in the district all four years (cohort) versus students who "exited" the district at some point after 9th grade (non-cohort). Results within the White subgroup were similar. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01