School Choice in Suburbia: Test Scores, Race, and Housing Markets

Autor/inn/en	Dougherty, Jack; Harelson, Jeffrey; Maloney, Laura; Murphy, Drew; Smith, Russell; Snow, Michael; Zannoni, Diane
Titel	School Choice in Suburbia: Test Scores, Race, and Housing Markets
Quelle	In: American Journal of Education, 115 (2009) 4, S.523-548 (26 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0195-6744
Schlagwörter	Minority Groups; School Choice; Racial Composition; Academic Achievement; Accountability; Suburban Schools; Scores; Housing; Decision Making; Place of Residence; Neighborhood Schools; School Districts; Public Schools; Elementary Schools; Student Evaluation; Trend Analysis; Neighborhoods; Racial Factors; Internet; Access to Information; Geographic Location; Connecticut + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ethnische Minderheit; Choice of school; Schulwahl; Schulleistung; Verantwortung; Suburban area; Outskirts; Suburb; School; Schools; Vorort; Vorstadt; Schule; Unterkunft; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Wohnort; School district; Schulbezirk; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Elementary school; Grundschule; Volksschule; Schulnote; Studentische Bewertung; Trendanalyse; Neighbourhoods; Nachbarschaft
Abstract	Home buyers exercise school choice when shopping for a private residence due to its location in a public school district or attendance area. In this quantitative study of one Connecticut suburban district, we measure the effect of elementary school test scores and racial composition on home buyers' willingness to purchase single-family homes over a 10-year period, controlling for house and neighborhood characteristics. Overall, while both test scores and race explain home prices, we found that the influence of tests declined while race became nearly seven times more influential over our decade-long period of study. Our interpretation of the results draws on the shifting context of school accountability, the Internet, and racial dynamics in this suburb over time. (Contains 12 notes, 9 tables, and 4 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10