High School Choice in New York City: A Report on the School Choices and Placements of Low-Achieving Students

Autor/inn/en	Nathanson, Lori; Corcoran, Sean; Baker-Smith, Christine
Institution	New York University, Research Alliance for New York City Schools; New York University, Institute for Education and Social Policy
Titel	High School Choice in New York City: A Report on the School Choices and Placements of Low-Achieving Students
Quelle	(2013), (68 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	School Choice; Neighborhoods; Public Education; School Policy; Low Achievement; Student Placement; At Risk Students; Academic Achievement; Comparative Analysis; Poverty; Disadvantaged Youth; Grades (Scholastic); Student Characteristics; High School Students; New York + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Choice of school; Schulwahl; Neighbourhoods; Nachbarschaft; Öffentliche Erziehung; Schulpolitik; Unterdurchschnittliche Leistung; Schülerpraktikum; Schulleistung; Armut; Benachteiligter Jugendlicher; Notenspiegel; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin
Abstract	School choice policies, a fixture of efforts to improve public education in many cities, aim to enable families to choose a school that they believe will best meet their child's needs. In New York City (NYC), choice and the development of a diverse portfolio of options have played central roles in the Department of Education's high school reform efforts. This report examines the choices and placements of New York City's lowest-achieving students: those scoring among the bottom 20 percent on standardized state tests in middle school. Focusing on data from 2007 to 2011, the report looks at who these low-achieving students are, including how their demographics compare to other students in NYC, the educational challenges they face, and where they live. The bulk of the report reviews low-achieving students' most preferred schools and the ones to which they were ultimately assigned, assessing how these schools compare to those of their higher-achieving peers. The findings show that low-achieving students attended schools that were lower performing, on average, than those of all other students. This was driven by differences in students' initial choices: low-achieving students' first-choice schools were less selective, lower-performing, and more disadvantaged. Overall, lower-achieving and higher-achieving students were matched to their top choices at the same rate. Importantly, both low- and higher-achieving students appear to prefer schools that are close to home, suggesting that differences in students' choices likely reflect, at least in part, the fact that lower-achieving students are highly concentrated in poor neighborhoods, where options may be more limited. Two appendixes present: (1) The Shrinking Pool of Level 1 and Level 2 Students; and (2) Supplemental Tables and Figures. (Contains 30 endnotes, 26 figures, and 6 tables.) (As Provided).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10