Appendix Table 2:
Effects of reassignment on moving school, attending base school, and leaving WCPSS by student race/ethnicity, with node-by-grade fixed effects
| Year | Move School | Attend Base School | Leave District | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White | Black | Hispanic | White | Black | Hispanic | White | Black | Hispanic | |
| Three years before reassignment | −0.012* (0.006) | −0.006 (0.006) | 0.002 (0.011) | 0.027*** (0.005) | 0.004 (0.006) | −0.006 (0.012) | −0.002 (0.002) | 0.004 (0.003) | −0.004 (0.006) |
| Two years before reassignment | −0.001 (0.005) | −0.001 (0.006) | 0.007 (0.010) | 0.016*** (0.005) | −0.003 (0.005) | −0.003 (0.009) | 0.000 (0.002) | 0.005 (0.003) | −0.009 (0.005) |
| One year before reassignment | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Year of reassignment | 0.305*** (0.006) | 0.343*** (0.007) | 0.425*** (0.012) | −0.048*** (0.006) | −0.081*** (0.006) | −0.056*** (0.014) | 0.002 (0.002) | −0.003 (0.003) | −0.009 (0.005) |
| One year after reassignment | −0.014** (0.005) | 0.001 (0.006) | 0.007 (0.010) | 0.013* (0.006) | −0.034*** (0.006) | −0.018 (0.015) | 0.009*** (0.002) | 0.011*** (0.003) | 0.01 (0.005) |
| Two years after reassignment | −0.024*** (0.005) | −0.006 (0.007) | 0.020 (0.011) | 0.048*** (0.006) | −0.023*** (0.006) | −0.024 (0.015) | −0.004 (0.003) | 0.007* (0.003) | 0.009 (0.005) |
| Three years after reassignment | −0.024*** (0.005) | −0.017* (0.007) | −0.011 (0.011) | 0.059*** (0.006) | −0.029*** (0.007) | −0.033* (0.016) | 0.008*** (0.002) | 0.010** (0.003) | 0.01 (0.006) |
| Constant | 0.861*** (0.008) | 0.861*** (0.007) | 0.876*** (0.011) | 0.701*** (0.004) | 0.763*** (0.005) | 0.700*** (0.013) | −0.005*** (0.001) | −0.007*** (0.002) | 0.009* (0.004) |
| N(node-by-grade) | 746,235 | 354,798 | 133,776 | 746,235 | 354,798 | 133,776 | 746,235 | 354,798 | 133,776 |
p<0.001,
p<0.01,
p<0.05
Note: Data are drawn from WCPSS administrative records. Move school and attend base school data are available for students in all grades and years with administrative data; leave district data are available for all students in grades K-11 with administrative data (12th graders are excluded from the analysis.) All models include controls for student 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 “— “.