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Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Research Council. 2003. Measuring Access to Learning Opportunities. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10673.
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MEASURING ACCESS TO LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES

Committee on Improving Measures of Access to Equal Educational Opportunity

Willis D. Hawley and Timothy Ready, Editors

Center for Education and Committee on National Statistics

Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education

NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES

THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES PRESS
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NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine. The members of the committee responsible for the report were chosen for their special competences and with regard for appropriate balance.

This study was supported by Contract/Grant No. R215U990016-01B between the National Academy of Sciences and the U.S. Department of Education. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the organizations or agencies that provided support for the project.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Improving Measures of Access to Equal Educational Opportunity.

Measuring access to learning opportunities / Committee on Improving Measures of Access to Equal Educational Opportunity ; Willis D. Hawley and Timothy Ready, editors.

p. cm.

“Center for Education and Committee on National Statistics, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education.”

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN 0-309-08897-6 (pbk.)

1. Educational equalization—United States. 2. Minority students—Civil rights—United States. 3. Educational surveys—United States. I. Hawley, Willis D. II. Ready, Timothy. III. Title.

LC213.2.N396 2003

379.2´6´0973—dc21

2003007413

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Suggested citation: National Research Council. (2003). Measuring access to learning opportunities. Committee on Improving Measures of Access to Equal Educational Opportunity. W.D. Hawley and T. Ready, editors. Center for Education and Committee on National Statistics, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.

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COMMITTEE ON IMPROVING MEASURES OF ACCESS TO EQUAL EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY

WILLIS D. HAWLEY (Chair),

Department of Educational Policy, University of Maryland

JULIAN BETTS,

Department of Economics, University of California, San Diego

JOMILLS H. BRADDOCK II,

Department of Sociology, University of Miami

GARNET (LAVAN) DUKES,

Florida Department of Education, Tallahassee

JOAN FIRST,

National Coalition of Advocates for Students, Boston, MA

JOHN FORREST KAIN,

Cecil and Ida Green Center for the Study of Science and Society, University of Texas, Dallas

VALERIE E. LEE,

School of Education, University of Michigan

WEI-WEI LOU,

Portland Public Schools, Oregon

JENS LUDWIG,

Public Policy Institute, Georgetown University

GARY ORFIELD,

Harvard Graduate School of Education

TIMOTHY READY, Study Director

PASQUALE DE VITO, Senior Program Officer

ANDREW TOMPKINS, Research Assistant

TERRY HOLMER, Senior Project Assistant

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CENTER FOR EDUCATION BOARD MEMBERS (2002–2003)

RICHARD MURNANE (Chair),

Graduate School of Education, Harvard University

GORDON AMBACH,

Council of Chief State School Officers, Washington, DC

JAMES D. ANDERSON,

Educational Policy Studies, University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign

HANNA J. ARZI,

Science Education Consultant, Tel Aviv, Israel

DEANNA BANKS BEANE,

Association of Science-Technology Centers, Inc., Washington, DC

ALFREDO G. DE LOS SANTOS, JR.,

Hispanic Research Center, Arizona State University

DENIS P. DOYLE,

SchoolNet, Chevy Chase, MD

MEL GEORGE, President Emeritus,

University of Missouri

MILTON GOLDBERG,

National Alliance of Business, Washington, DC

RON LATANISION,

Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

ROBERT LINN,

School of Education, University of Colorado

RICHARD MCCRAY,

Department of Astro and Planet Sciences, University of Colorado

MARGE PETIT,

The National Center for the Improvement of Educational Assessment, Dover, NH

ROBERT SCHWARTZ,

Graduate School of Education, Harvard University

MARSHALL (MIKE) SMITH,

The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, Menlo Park, CA

CATHERINE SNOW,

Graduate School of Education, Harvard University

IRIS WEISS,

Horizon Research, Inc., Chapel Hill, NC

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COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL STATISTICS (2002–2003)

JOHN E. ROLPH (Chair),

Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California

JOSEPH G. ALTONJI,

Department of Economics, Yale University

ROBERT BELL,

AT&T Research Laboratories, Florham Park, NJ

LAWRENCE BROWN,

Department of Statistics, University of Pennsylvania

ROBERT M. GROVES,

Survey Research Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

HERMANN HABERMANN,

Statistics Division, United Nations, New York City

JOEL L. HOROWITZ,

Department of Economics, Northwestern University

WILLIAM KALSBEEK,

Department of Biostatistics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

ARLEEN LEIBOWITZ,

School of Public Policy and Social Research, University of California, Los Angeles

THOMAS A. LOUIS,

Department of Biostatistics, Johns Hopkins University

VIJAYAN NAIR,

Department of Statistics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

DARYL PREGIBON,

AT&T Research Laboratories, Florham Park, NJ

NORA CATE SCHAEFFER,

Department of Social Sciences, University of Wisconsin, Madison

MATTHEW D. SHAPIRO,

Department of Economics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

ANDREW A. WHITE, Director

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Acknowledgments

This report has been reviewed in draft form by individuals chosen for their diverse perspectives and technical expertise, in accordance with procedures approved by the National Research Council’s Report Review Committee. The purpose of this independent review is to provide candid and critical comments that will assist the institution in making its published report as sound as possible and to ensure that the report meets institutional standards for objectivity, evidence, and responsiveness to the study charge. The review comments and draft manuscript remain confidential to protect the integrity of the deliberative process. We wish to thank the following individuals for their review of this report: Robert Bell, AT&T Research Laboratories, Florham Park, NJ; Sue Berryman, World Bank, Washington, DC; Tamela Lea Eitle, University of Miami, FL; Scott Palmer, Nixon Peabody LLP, Washington, DC; Dennis Parker, NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc., New York; Paul Smith, Children’s Defense Fund, Washington, DC; Karl Taeuber, University of Wisconsin-Madison; William L. Taylor, Law Offices of William L. Taylor, Washington, DC; J. Douglas Willms, University of Brunswick, Fredericton, NB.

Although the reviewers listed above have provided many constructive comments and suggestions, they were not asked to endorse the conclusions or recommendations nor did they see the final draft of the report before its release. The review of this report was overseen by William T. Trent, Department of Educational Policy Studies, University of Illinois-Champaign. Appointed by the National Research Council, he was responsible for making certain that an independent examination of this report was carried out in accordance with institutional procedures and that all review comments were carefully considered. Responsibility for the final content of this report rests entirely with the authoring committee and the institution.

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Since 1968 the Elementary and Secondary School Civil Rights Compliance Report (known as the E&S survey) has been used to gather information about possible disparities in access to learning opportunities and violations of students’ civil rights. Thirty-five years after the initiation of the E&S survey, large disparities remain both in educational outcomes and in access to learning opportunities and resources. These disparities may reflect violations of students’ civil rights, the failure of education policies and practices to provide students from all backgrounds with a similar educational experience, or both. They may also reflect the failure of schools to fully compensate for disparities and current differences in parents’ education, income, and family structure.

The Committee on Improving Measures of Access to Equal Educational Opportunities concludes that the E&S survey continues to play an essential role in documenting these disparities and in providing information that is useful both in guiding efforts to protect students’ civil rights and for informing educational policy and practice. The committee also concludes that the survey’s usefulness and access to the survey data could be improved.

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