Student Experience Outcomes in Racially Integrated Schools: Looking Beyond Test Scores in Six Districts

In this study, we examine eight social and emotional outcomes (e.g., student engagement, sense of belonging) analyzing differences for students who attend racially diverse schools. Drawing on survey responses from roughly 26,000 students, we find that racially diverse schools are associated with mor...

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Published inEducation and urban society Vol. 54; no. 3; pp. 330 - 360
Main Authors Schneider, Jack, Piazza, Peter, White, Rachel S., Carey, Ashley
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.03.2022
SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
Subjects
Belonging
Desegregation
Elementary Secondary Education
Learner Engagement
Minority Group Students
Outcomes of Education
Policy making
Racial Integration
Responses
School desegregation
Schools
Scores
Sense of Community
Social Emotional Learning
Student Experience
Student participation
Students
Teachers
Test scores
White Students
Massachusetts
integration
desegregation
race
student outcomes
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Summary:In this study, we examine eight social and emotional outcomes (e.g., student engagement, sense of belonging) analyzing differences for students who attend racially diverse schools. Drawing on survey responses from roughly 26,000 students, we find that racially diverse schools are associated with more positive social and emotional outcomes for all students. Strikingly, we find that these outcomes are most uniformly positive among white students, whose families have long represented the strongest opposition to systematic racial desegregation. In light of these results, this study has implications for educators, advocates, researchers, and policy makers during a time of renewed attention to school integration.
ISSN:0013-1245
1552-3535
DOI:10.1177/00131245211004569