@EdWorkingPaper{ai21-491,
title = "The ÔGoodÕ Schools: Academic Performance Data, School Choice, and Segregation",
author = "David M. Houston, Jeffrey R. Henig",
institution = "Annenberg Institute at Brown University",
number = "491",
year = "2021",
month = "November",
URL = "http://www.edworkingpapers.com/ai21-491",
abstract = {We examine the effects of disseminating academic performance dataÑeither status, growth, or bothÑon parentsÕ school choices and their implications for racial, ethnic, and economic segregation. We conduct an online survey experiment featuring a nationally representative sample of parents and caretakers of children age 0-12. Participants choose between three randomly sampled elementary schools drawn from the same school district. Only growth informationÑalone and not in concert with status informationÑhas clear and consistent desegregating consequences. Because states that include growth in their school accountability systems have generally done so as a supplement to and not a replacement for status, there is little reason to expect that this development will influence choice behavior in a manner that meaningfully reduces school segregation.},
}