Bankston III, Carl, & Caldas, Stephen J.
Majority African American Schools and Social Injustice: The Influence of De Facto Segregation on Academic Achievement
Examines whether the racial composition of schools has an influence on individual achievement
Bankston III, Carl, & Caldas, Stephen J.
Majority African American Schools and Social Injustice: The Influence of De Facto Segregation on Academic Achievement
Examines whether the racial composition of schools has an influence on individual achievement, controlling for the race of individuals and other key variables.
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Vol. 75, No. 2, pp. 535-555
- Degree of minority concentration has a powerful negative influence on achievement test results and that this influence does not appear to be explained by family SES or individual traits.
- Minority concentration has negative impact over and above individual students' own race.
- Segregation also negatively influences achievement over and above the school SES and prevailing behaviors and habits in schools.
- Both Whites and Blacks are negatively affected by the degree of minority concentration, with Blacks 