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School Districts and Academic Achievement: Socio-Economic Structure and Social Reproduction in Ohio

Kilpatrick, Quentin K.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1338996607

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2012, Master of Arts (MA), Ohio University, Sociology (Arts and Sciences).
Despite ideologies of meritocracy in American education and culture more broadly, inequalities within the educational system have drawn the ire of critics and the attention of scholars. Historic and contemporary processes of uneven economic development have created geographic patterns of race, class, education, and occupational structure. Focusing on the state of Ohio, this study uses data from the 2007-2009 American Community Survey and the Ohio Department of Education to help explain between-district differences in standardized test proficiency. The results find that race and the concentration of family poverty are the most significant predictors of educational achievement. Students classified as economically disadvantaged have substantially higher proficiency levels in wealthier districts, compared to disadvantaged students attending poorer schools, and this gap is wider between third and seventh grade test takers, suggesting a reinforced disadvantage or a ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿disadvantaged student achievement gap¿¿¿¿¿¿¿. Recent educational policies and suggestions are addressed.
Stephen Scanlan, PhD (Committee Chair)
Cynthia Anderson, PhD (Committee Member)
Debra Henderson, PhD (Committee Member)
87 p.
Education Policy; Educational Sociology; Educational Tests and Measurements; Public Policy; Social Research; Social Structure; Sociology
sociology of education; spatial inequality; inequality; educational sociology; public schools; education; achievement; standardized tests; reinforced disadvantage; geographic stratification

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  • Kilpatrick, Q. K. (2012). School Districts and Academic Achievement: Socio-Economic Structure and Social Reproduction in Ohio [Master's thesis, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1338996607

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Kilpatrick, Quentin. School Districts and Academic Achievement: Socio-Economic Structure and Social Reproduction in Ohio. 2012. Ohio University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1338996607.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Kilpatrick, Quentin. "School Districts and Academic Achievement: Socio-Economic Structure and Social Reproduction in Ohio." Master's thesis, Ohio University, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1338996607

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