Schools' Neighborhoods and Characteristics: Implications for Standardized Academic Achievement in Passaic, NJ's Elementary, Middle and High Schools.

Q1 Social Sciences
Urban Review Pub Date : 2023-09-01 Epub Date: 2022-12-02 DOI:10.1007/s11256-022-00652-3
Ijeoma Opara, Daneele Thorpe, David T Lardier, Deanna Parisi
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Schools in urban neighborhoods receive less funding, have less programming, and have poorer infrastructure. Such disparities may impede academic outcomes among youth. This study used publicly available data to examine the association between school characteristics and surrounding neighborhood environment on educational outcomes across three academic years among 132 schools in Passaic County, New Jersey. Further, we assessed how schools' socioeconomic status could buffer the effects of a school's neighborhood disadvantage on academic outcomes. Results supported compound deprivation theory highlighting that lower-performing schools were located in lower-resourced neighborhoods. Further, school characteristics and neighborhood resource deprivation were associated with lower math, English, and science academic performance. Additionally, we found that associations between neighborhood resources and math and science academic outcomes were strongest in schools with greater economic support. We provide implications for research and practice by identifying multi-faceted approaches to challenge educational disparities addressing school and neighborhood-level disadvantages to improve educational outcomes for youth.

学校社区与特色:对新泽西州帕塞伊克小学、初中和高中标准化学业成就的影响
城市社区的学校获得的资金较少,课程较少,基础设施也较差。这种差异可能会影响青少年的学习成绩。本研究利用公开数据,考察了新泽西州帕塞伊克县 132 所学校在三个学年中的学校特征和周边社区环境对教育成果的影响。此外,我们还评估了学校的社会经济地位如何缓冲学校周边不利条件对学习成绩的影响。研究结果支持复合剥夺理论,即成绩较差的学校位于资源较少的社区。此外,学校特征和社区资源匮乏与数学、英语和科学学习成绩较低有关。此外,我们还发现,在经济支持较强的学校中,邻里资源与数学和科学学习成绩之间的关联性最强。我们通过确定多方面的方法来挑战教育差距,解决学校和社区层面的不利因素,从而改善青少年的教育成果,从而为研究和实践提供启示。
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Urban Review
Urban Review Social Sciences-Sociology and Political Science
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期刊介绍: Urban Review provides a forum for the presentation of original investigations, reviews, and essays which examine the issues basic to the improvement of urban schooling and education. The broad scope of topics presented reflects awareness of the multidisciplinary nature of contemporary educational problems.
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