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Are Good Schools Good for Everyone? An Examination of Heterogeneous School Effects

Miles, Aaron Robert
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1429619407

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2015, Master of Arts, Ohio State University, Sociology.
I consider the possibility that school effectiveness is not a fixed characteristic, and that schools can have different impacts for different students. Two theories offer competing explanations for this trend. The Frog-Pond hypothesis argues that a student’s ranking relative to their peers is an important predictor of academic self-concept, so schools’ effectiveness for each student depends on their position relative to peers. School Specialization theory argues that schools adopt different practices in order to be most effective for the students that they serve. Using non-additive regression techniques, I find that the association between school quality and individual learning rate does indeed differ for students of different SES backgrounds, depending on whether the school serves predominantly high or low SES students. The observed patterns are most consistent with the specialization hypothesis. I discuss the implications for both scholars and education reformers.
Downey Doug (Committee Chair)
Buchmann Claudia (Committee Member)
Roscigno Vincent (Committee Member)
33 p.
Educational Evaluation; Educational Sociology; Sociology
School Quality; Heterogeneous Effects; School Assessment

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  • Miles, A. R. (2015). Are Good Schools Good for Everyone? An Examination of Heterogeneous School Effects [Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1429619407

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Miles, Aaron. Are Good Schools Good for Everyone? An Examination of Heterogeneous School Effects. 2015. Ohio State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1429619407.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Miles, Aaron. "Are Good Schools Good for Everyone? An Examination of Heterogeneous School Effects." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1429619407

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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