School Choice in Suburbia:Test Scores, Race, and Housing Markets

Autor:	Drew Murphy, Laura Maloney, Jack Dougherty, Russell Smith, Michael Snow, Jeffrey Harrelson, Diane Zannoni
Rok vydání:	2009
Předmět:	Trend analysis education Accountability Attendance Demographic economics Context (language use) Advertising Academic achievement Location Psychology School choice Education Test (assessment)
Zdroj:	American Journal of Education. 115:523-548
ISSN:	1549-6511 0195-6744
Popis:	Home buyers exercise school choice when shopping for a private residence due to its location in a public school district or attendance area. In this quantitative study of one Connecticut suburban district, we measure the effect of elementary school test scores and racial composition on home buyers’ willingness to purchase single‐family homes over a 10‐year period, controlling for house and neighborhood characteristics. Overall, while both test scores and race explain home prices, we found that the influence of tests declined while race became nearly seven times more influential over our decade‐long period of study. Our interpretation of the results draws on the shifting context of school accountability, the Internet, and racial dynamics in this suburb over time.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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