School Choice and Stratification in a Regional Context: Examining the Role of Inter-District Choice

Autor/inn/en	Holme, Jennifer Jellison; Richards, Meredith P.
Titel	School Choice and Stratification in a Regional Context: Examining the Role of Inter-District Choice
Quelle	In: Peabody Journal of Education, 84 (2009) 2, S.150-171 (22 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0161-956X
Schlagwörter	School Choice; Metropolitan Areas; School Districts; Policy Analysis; Socioeconomic Status; Regional Programs; Transfer Policy; Student Characteristics; Data Analysis; Social Stratification; Role Perception; Equal Education; Educational Assessment; Educational Indicators; Colorado + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Choice of school; Schulwahl; Ballungsraum; School district; Schulbezirk; Politikfeldanalyse; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Regional program; Regional programme; Regionalprogramm; Auswertung; Soziale Zusammensetzung; Role conception; Rollenverständnis; Education; assessment; Bewertungssystem; Educational indicato; Bildungsindikator
Abstract	Despite the growing popularity of interdistrict choice plans over the past decade, the policy assumptions underlying their adoption have been subjected to very little empirical research. This study situates school choice within one metropolitan region, Denver, and examines the ways in which choice patterns relate to existing patterns of stratification between school districts. This regional focus offers insight into the patterns of interdistrict choice and the influence these patterns have on equity within a metropolitan region. Findings from this study indicate that relatively higher income students were more likely to take advantage of interdistrict choice, and that choice was more often used by students to exit from a less advantaged context (as measured by socioeconomic status) to a relatively more advantaged one. The article concludes with recommendations for policymakers in designing more equity-minded choice policies. (Contains 5 tables, 2 figures and 9 footnotes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10