Estimating the Effects of Students' Social Networks: Does Attending a Norm-Enforcing School Pay Off?

Autor/in	Carolan, Brian V.
Titel	Estimating the Effects of Students' Social Networks: Does Attending a Norm-Enforcing School Pay Off?
Quelle	In: Urban Review: Issues and Ideas in Public Education, 42 (2010) 5, S.422-440 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0042-0972
DOI	10.1007/s11256-009-0141-2
Schlagwörter	Urban Schools; Small Schools; School Restructuring; Social Control; Mathematics Achievement; Academic Achievement; School Size; Statistical Data; Social Networks; Social Capital; Educational Improvement; Outcomes of Education; Grade 12; Educational Change + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Schulreformplan; Schulumwandlung; Soziale Kontrolle; Mathmatics sikills; Mathmatics achievement; Mathematical ability; Mathematische Kompetenz; Schulleistung; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Sozialkapital; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; School year 12; 12. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 12; Bildungsreform
Abstract	In an attempt to forge tighter social relations, small school reformers advocate school designs intended to create smaller, more trusting, and more collaborative settings. These efforts to enhance students' social capital in the form of social closure are ultimately tied to improving academic outcomes. Using data derived from ELS: 2002, this study employs propensity scores in the context of multilevel models to estimate the effects of a specific school-level variant of social closure, referred to as a norm-enforcing school, on students' mathematics achievement. Results estimate that attending a norm-enforcing school has no effect on 12th-grade mathematics achievement. This result questions the presumed benefits of social capital and its emphasis on norm-enforcement and social control. Policy implications are discussed in light of contemporary urban school reform initiatives that focus on reductions in school size. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10