Appendix Table 1:
Effects of reassignment on characteristics of assigned school by student race/ethnicity, with node-by-grade fixed effects
| Distance to assigned school | Mean math achievement at assigned school | Proportion Black or Hispanic at Assigned School | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | White | Black | Hispanic | White | Black | Hispanic | White | Black | Hispanic |
| Three years before reassignment | −0.164*** (0.049) | −0.059 (0.088) | 0.167 (0.134) | −0.018*** (0.004 | 0.006 (0.006) | 0.012 (0.009) | −0.011*** (0.002) | 0.009*** (0.003) | 0.000 (0.004) |
| Two years before reassignment | −0.188*** (0.040) | −0.009 (0.074) | 0.185 (0.110) | 0.002 (0.003 | 0.015** (0.005) | 0.023** (0.007) | −0.012*** (0.002) | 0.011*** (0.002) | 0.005 (0.003) |
| One year before reassignment | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Year of reassignment | −0.799*** (0.073) | 0.549*** (0.141) | 1.235*** (0.165) | 0.024*** (0.005 | −0.044*** (0.010) | 0.012 (0.012) | −0.017*** (0.003) | −0.026*** (0.004) | −0.065*** (0.005) |
| One year after reassignment | −0.911*** (0.073) | 0.112 (0.146) | 1.006*** (0.173) | 0.045*** (0.006 | −0.045*** (0.011) | 0.023 (0.014) | −0.023*** (0.003) | −0.027*** (0.005) | −0.072*** (0.006) |
| Two years after reassignment | −1.005*** (0.077) | −0.012 (0.152) | 1.030*** (0.188) | 0.056*** (0.006 | −0.030** (0.011) | 0.014 (0.014) | −0.024*** (0.003) | −0.028*** (0.005) | −0.077*** (0.006) |
| Three years after reassignment | −1.032*** (0.079) | −0.108 (0.154) | 0.964*** (0.204) | 0.070*** (0.006 | −0.004 (0.011) | 0.039** (0.014) | −0.020*** (0.003) | −0.028*** (0.005) | −0.072*** (0.007) |
| Constant | 4.298*** (0.033) | 5.823*** (0.072) | 5.130*** (0.100) | 0.079*** (0.003 | −0.115*** (0.007) | −0.045*** (0.010) | 0.317*** (0.002) | 0.416*** (0.003) | 0.405*** (0.005) |
| N (student-year) | 601,002 | 283,285 | 114,843 | 492,150 | 236,780 | 94,825 | 746,235 | 354,798 | 133,776 |
p<0.001,
p<0.01,
p<0.05
Note: Data are drawn from WCPSS administrative records. Distance to assigned school data are available for students in all grades and years with administrative data; mean math achievement data are available for all students in years in which their assigned school enrolls students in grades 3–8; proportion Black and Hispanic data are available for students in all grades and years with administrative data. All models include controls for gender, special education, and ELL status; percent of students reassigned into student’s assigned school, percent of students reassigned out of student’s assigned school, node-by-grade fixed effects, year fixed effects as described in Equation (1). While all models include terms for 4 or more years before and after reassignment, these are not reported here due to imprecision. One year before reassignment represents the reference year and is indicated by “—”.