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| Publications [#266174] of Charles T. Clotfelter
Journal Articles
- Clotfelter, CT; Ladd, HF; Vigdor, JL, Segregation and Resegregation in North Carolina's Public School Classrooms,
North Carolina Law Review, vol. 81 no. 4
(May, 2003),
pp. 1463-1511
(last updated on 2024/04/19)
Abstract:
Although many studies have measured the degree of racial segregation in schools using information on enrollment at the school level, data limitations have made analysis of segregation within schools difficult to undertake. Such within-school segregation, often associated with academic tracking, necessarily keeps actual interracial contact in schools below its maximum possible level. Using a rich set of administrative data on North Carolina public schools, we examine patterns of enrollment within schools, allowing us to assess the comparative importance of segregation within and between schools. In order to examine patterns in upper as well as lower grades, we perform separate tabulations for 1st, 4th, 7th, and 10th grades. The data make possible what we believe to be the most comprehensive study of within-school segregation undertaken in two decades, covering schools in all 117 districts of a large and racially diverse state. Using data for 1994/95 and 2000/01, we examine trends in segregation, assess the role of a growing Hispanic population, and evaluate the claim that public schools in the South are becoming resegregated. We also use the variation in measured segregation to ask what factors are associated with between-school and within-school segregation.
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