Daniela Sammler, Stefan Elmer
Advances in the Neurocognition of Music and Language
Brain sciences
many public school diversity efforts rely reassigning students one school another opponents efforts articulate concerns consequences reassignments students educational experiences little evidence exists regarding effects particularly contemporary policy contexts using event study design leverage data innovative socioeconomic school desegregation plan estimate effects reassignment reassigned students achievement attendance exposure exclusionary discipline 2000 2010 north carolinas wake county public school system wcpss reassigned approximately 25 percent students goal creating socioeconomically diverse schools although wcpsss controlled school choice policy provided opportunities reassigned students opt newly reassigned schools analysis indicates reassigned students typically attended newly reassigned schools find reassignment modestly boosts reassigned students math achievement reduces reassigned students rate suspension offsetting negative consequences outcomes exploratory analyses suggest effects reassignment meaningfully vary student characteristics school choice decisions results suggest carefully designed school assignment policies improve school diversity without imposing academic disciplinary costs reassigned students