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Version 1.2 – Updated June 2023

Desegregation

Overview

  • Influence: Desegregation
  • Domain: School
  • Sub-Domain: School compositional effects
  • Potential to Accelerate Student Achievement: Likely to have positive impact
  • Influence Definition: A comprehensive, legally enforced US program for eliminating the barriers that kept schools racially homogeneous. In the United States, attempts at desegregation were primarily the result of three court rulings: Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (347 U.S. 483, 1954); Green v. County School Board of New Kent (391 U.S. 430, 1968); and Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education (402 U.S. 1, 1971). Desegregation aims to equalize educational opportunities in the United States for racial minorities, particularly for African Americans.

Evidence

  • Number of meta-analyses: 10
  • Number of studies: 335
  • Number of students: 6,731
  • Number of effects: 723
  • Weighted mean effect size: 0.23
  • Robustness index: 4

Meta-Analyses

Meta-Analyses
Journal Title Author First Author's Country Article Name Year Published Variable Number of Studies Number of Students Number of Effects Effect Size
Urban Review Krol USA A meta-analysis of the effects of desegregation on academic achievement 1980 Desegregated vs. segregated classes in US 71 0 71 0.16
Dissertation McEvoy USA A meta-analysis of comparative research on the effect of desegregation on academic achievement and self-esteem of black students 1982 Desegregated vs. segregated classes in US 29 0 29 0.20
Conference paper Miller & Carlson USA School desegregation as a social reform: a meta-analysis of its effects on black academic achievement 1982 Desegregated vs. segregated classes in US 19 0 34 0.19
Report Walberg USA Desegregation and educational productivity. Final report 1982 Desegregated vs. segregated classes in US 19 0 19 0.88
Report Armor USA The Evidence of Desegregation and Black Achievement 1983 Desegregated vs. segregated classes in US 19 0 51 0.05
Conference paper Bryant USA Desegregation and black student achievement: Results from a meta-analysis 1983 Desegregated vs. segregated classes in US 31 0 31 0.45
American Journal of Sociology Crain & Mahard USA The Effect of Research Methodology on Desegregation-Achievement Studies: A Meta-Analysis 1983 Desegregated vs. segregated classes in US 93 0 323 0.08
Report Wortman USA School desegregation and Black achievement: an integrative review 1983 Desegregated vs. segregated classes in US 31 0 98 0.45
Advances in Applied Social Psychology Stephan USA The Effects of School Desegregation: An Evaluation 30 Years 1986 Desegregated vs. segregated classes in US 19 0 63 0.15
Studies in Educational Evaluation Goldring & Addi Israel Using Meta-Analysis to Study Policy Issues: The Ethnic Composition of the Classroom and Achievement in Israel 1989 Desegregated vs. segregated classes in Israel 4 6,731 4 0.15
TOTAL/AVERAGE 335 6,731 723 0.28
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