CRESPAR Report #54: Neighborhood and School Influences on the Family Life and Mathematics Performance of Eighth-Grade Students

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2001-10
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In this report, we explore ways by which neighborhoods and schools can influence the mathematics achievement of eighth grade students. We use data from the National Educational Longitudinal Study (NELS:88) and combine it with U.S. Census data at the level of students’ residential zip codes.
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The Center for Research on the Education of Students Placed at Risk (CRESPAR) was established in 1994 and continued until 2004. It was a collaboration between Johns Hopkins University and Howard University. CRESPAR’s mission was to conduct research, development, evaluation, and dissemination of replicable strategies designed to transform schooling for students who were placed at risk due to inadequate institutional responses to such factors as poverty, ethnic minority status, and non-English-speaking home background.
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CRESPAR, Center for Research on the Education of Students Placed at Risk
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