Educational Equity
Journal Articles
Brown fades: The end of court-ordered school desegregation and the resegregation of American public schoolsJournal of Policy Analysis and Management, Forthcoming.
The widening academic achievement gap between the rich and the poorCommunity Investments: Summer 2012, 24(2), pp. 19-39. 2012.
The Hispanic‐White achievement gap in math and reading in the elementary gradesAmerican Educational Association Journal, 46(3), pp. 853‐891. 2009.
Getting Down to Facts: School Finance and Governance in CaliforniaEducation Finance and Policy, 3(1), pp. 1-19. 2008.
The narrowing gap in New York city teacher qualifications and its implications for student achievement in high-poverty schoolsJournal of Policy Analysis and Management, 27(4), pp. 793-818. 2008.
Policies to ensure that no child starts from behindIn Child Development and Social Policy: Knowledge for Action: Essays in honor of Edward Zigler , Washington DC: American Psychological Association Press, pp. 129-145. 2006.
Implications of income-based school assignment policies for racial school segregationEducational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 28(1), pp. 49-75. 2006.
Contemporaneous and longitudinal associations between social behavior and literacy achievement in low-Income elementary school childrenChild Development, 77(1), pp. 103-117. 2006.
When teachers’ and parents’ values differ: Teachers’ ratings of academic competence in children from low-income familiesJournal of Educational Psychology, 95(4), pp. 813-820. 2003.
Teacher sorting and the plight of urban schools: A descriptive analysisEducation Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 24(1), pp. 37-62. 2002.
Economically disadvantaged preschoolers: Ready to learn but further to goDevelopmental Psychology, 33, pp. 711-723. 1997.
Parents' beliefs about appropriate education for young childrenJournal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 13(3), pp. 293-310. 1992.
Characterizing early childhood education programs for poor and middle-class childrenEarly Childhood Research Quarterly, 7(1), pp. 1–19. 1992.
Books: Books, Chapters, Reviews
The widening academic achievement gap between the rich and the poor: New evidence and possible explanationsIn R. Murnane & G. Duncan (Eds.), Whither Opportunity? Rising Inequality and the Uncertain Life Chances of Low-Income Children, New York: Russell Sage Foundation Press, 2011.
Equity, excellence, elephants, and evidenceIn J Bransford, D. Stipek, N. Vye, L. Gomez & D. Lam (Eds.), The role of research in educational improvement, Cambridge MA: Harvard Education Press, pp. 1-17. 2009.
Patterns and trends in racial/ethnic and socioeconomic academic achievement gapsIn H. A. Ladd & E. B. Fiske (Eds.), Handbook of Research in Education Finance and Policy, Lawrence Erlbaum, 2007.
Institutional responses to reduce inequalities in college outcomes: Remedial and developmental courses in Higher EducationIn S. Dickert-Conlin & R. Rubenstein (Eds.), Economic Inequality in Higher Education: Access, Persistence, and Success, New York: Russell Sage Foundation Press, 2007.
Race, SES and achievement gapsSection Editor In H.F. Ladd & E.B. Fiske (Eds.), Handbook of Research in Education Finance and Policy, Routledge Press, pp. 499-518. 2007.
Integrating neighborhoods, segregating schools: The retreat from school desegregation in the South, 1990-2000In J. Boger & G. Orfield (Eds.), School Resegregation: Must the South Turn Back?, Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2005.
Understanding teacher labor markets: Implications for educational equityIn D. Monk & M. Plecki (Eds.), School Finance and Teacher Quality: Exploring the Connections, AEFA 2003 Yearbook, 2003.
Working Papers
Reports
Federal financial support for adequacy and equity in school financePrepared for the Rethinking Rodriguez Conference, University of California, Berkeley, 2006.
