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The Effects of Socioeconomic School Integration Policies on Racial School Desegregation

Sean F. Reardon, Lori Rhodes

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This chapter the effects socioeconomic school integration policies on racial school desegregation. It begins by presenting a brief historical overview of socioeconomic status-based student assignment (SBSA) plans. It then discusses it prevalence of SBSA plans in school districts. Before discussing the effects of SBSA plans on segregation patterns, it considers how different features of SBSA plans may affect patterns of socioeconomic segregation and racial segregation. The chapter ends by examining the estimated effect of SBSA plans on segregation levels for school districts.

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Key concepts: Desegregation, Socioeconomic status, Racial integration, Political science, Racial composition, Geography, Demographic economics, Race (biology)