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This is a work in progress. Suggestions to secure funding, collaborate with experts in the field, interact with communities and university admissions departments, improve this site, and update the reference lists with relevant publications are all welcome.

ABOUT US

 

The School Bonus Points project will be directed by Ilona Arnold-Berkovits, Ph.D., an education and social work researcher and psychometrician at Rutgers University.


This work was recently presented at the 2024 College Board Forum with Rutgers-New Brunswick Vice Chancellor, Courtney McAnuff, and Perth Amboy High School Vice Principal, Charles Ezell. 

 

We are also currently seeking:

 

  • Experts to join the advisory panel. 
  • Grant funding to study and implement this initiative.
 
 
 
 
 

Press

 

Cohen, R. (May, 2018). An Unusual Idea for Fixing School Segregation: What if the answer lies in changing how college admissions work? The Atlantic.  https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2018/05/an-unusual-idea-for-fixing-school-segregation/560930/

 

Wolfman-Arent, A. (June, 2018). Could this N.J. website help integrate America’s schools? Philadelphia, PA: WHYY Radio.

https://whyy.org/segments/could-this-n-j-website-help-integrate-americas-schools/

 

 

References

 

Abdulkadiroglu, A., Pathak, P. A., Schellenberg, J., & Walters, C. R. (2017). Do Parents Value School Effectiveness? (Working Paper No. 23912). National Bureau of Economic Research. https://doi.org/10.3386/w23912

 

Bayer, P., Ferreira, F., & McMillan, R. (2007). A Unified Framework for Measuring Preferences for Schools and Neighborhoods. Journal of Political Economy, 115(4), 588–638. https://doi.org/10/ffpk4j

 

Bowman, N. A., & Bastedo, M. N. (2011). Anchoring effects in world university rankings: Exploring biases in reputation scores. Higher Education, 4(61), 431–444. https://doi.org/10.6017/ihe.2011.65.8578

 

Caetano, G. & Maheshri, V. (2017). School segregation and the identification of tipping behavior.  Journal of Public Economics, 148, 115-135.


Chambers, J., Boger, J. C. & Tobin, W. (2008). How Colleges and Universities Can Promote K-12 Diversity: A Modest Proposal. Poverty & Race Research Action Council, 17(1), 1-13. Retrieved from http://www.prrac.org/pdf/K12DiversityJanMar2008.pdf

 

Estevan, F., Gall, T., Legros, P. & Newman, A. F. (March 2017, rev Feb 2018). The Top-Ten Way to Integrate High Schools . CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP11910. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2937759 or http://people.bu.edu/afnewman/papers/top-ten.pdf

 

Glynn, T. P., & Waldeck, S. E. (2013). Penalizing Diversity: How School Rankings Mislead the Market. Journal of Law and Education, 42(3), 417.

 

Green, P. E., & Srinivasan, V. (1978). Conjoint analysis in consumer research: issues and outlook. Journal of Consumer Research, 5(2), 103–123.

 

Hannah-Jones, N. (2015, August 7). The Problem We All Live With - Parts I and II. Edited by Ira Glass. This American Life. Chicago: WBEZ. Retrieved from https://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/563/the-problem-we-all-live-with-part-two

 

Holme, J. J. (2002). Buying Homes, Buying Schools: School Choice and the Social Construction of School Quality. Harvard Educational Review, 72(2), 177–206. https://doi.org/10/gcpzgk

 

Johnson, R. B., & Onwuegbuzie, A. J. (2004). Mixed methods research: A research paradigm whose time has come. Educational Researcher, 33(7), 14–26.

 

National Association of Realtors (March, 2011). The 2011 Community Preference Survey: What Americans are looking for when deciding where to live. Available at: http://www.realtor.org/reports/2011-community-preference-survey. Accessed August 8, 2018.

 

National Association of Realtors (2011). Public Schools: A Toolkit for Realtors. Available at: https://www.nar.realtor/smart-growth/smart-growth-program/public-schools-toolkit. Accessed August 8, 2018.

 

Pearman, F. A., & Swain, W. A. (2017). School Choice, Gentrification, and the Variable Significance of Racial Stratification in Urban Neighborhoods. Sociology of Education, 0038040717710494.

 

Reardon, S. F., & Owens, A. (2014). 60 Years after Brown: Trends and consequences of school segregation. Annual Review of Sociology, 40, 199–218.

 

Renzulli, L. A., & Evans, L. (2005). School choice, charter schools, and white flight. Social Problems, 52(3), 398–418.

 

Rothstein, J. M. (2006). Good Principals or Good Peers? Parental Valuation of School Characteristics, Tiebout Equilibrium, and the Incentive Effects of Competition among Jurisdictions. The American Economic Review, 96(4), 1333–1350.

 

Rushing, W. (2017). School Segregation and Its Discontents. Urban Education, 52(1), 3–31.

 

Scott-Railton, T. (2018). Shifting the Scope: How Taking School Demographics Into Account in College Admissions Could Reduce K-12 Segregation Nationwide. Yale Law & Policy Review, 36(1), 219-281.

 

Toutkoushian, R. K., & Curtis, T. (2005). Effects of socioeconomic factors on public high school outcomes and rankings. The Journal of Educational Research, 98(5), 259-271.

 

Wells, A. S., Fox, L., & Cordova-Cobo, D. (2016). How racially diverse schools and classrooms can benefit all students (pp. 1–40). The Century Foundation. Retrieved from http://apps.tcf.org/how-racially-diverse-schools-and-classrooms-can-benefit-all-students

 

Zillow.com. (April, 2018). Screenshot from https://www.zillow.com/nj/schools/#/nj/schools/bb=-74.434776%2C40.653425%2C-74.20372%2C40.827709®ionId=40&zoom=11&level=high&type=public&unrated=

 

Zillow.com. (2016, August 10). Tools to Take Control of Your House-Hunting Adventure. Retrieved January 5, 2018, from https://www.zillow.com/home-buying-guide/how-to-find-a-house-on-zillow/