Sociodemographic Diversity, Correlated Achievement, and De Facto Tracking

Lucas, Samuel R.; Berends, Mark

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Sociodemographic Diversity, Correlated Achievement, and De Facto Tracking

Lucas, Samuel R., Berends, Mark·2002·Sociology of Education

DOI 10.2307/3090282

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De facto tracking-the association between students' courses in disparate subjects, regardless of the decline of institutional mechanisms that organized de jure tracking-is a contested feature of secondary schools. Some analysts imply that de facto tracking arises simply because students who do well in one area often do well in other areas. Other analysts contend that pronounced tracking systems maintain racial, ethnic, and social-class segregation and thus that de facto tracking is driven, in part, by the sociodemographic composition of schools. This article investigates the school-level correlates of de facto tracking. An analysis of data from High School and Beyond suggests that the higher the correlation between students' achievements in different domains, the more pronounced the de facto tracking. However, racial-ethnic and socioeconomic diversity are also positively associated with de facto tracking, even though the achievement correlation is controlled. These findings suggest that de facto tracking may be maintained by both technical and demographic aspects of schools, both of which must be considered in any evaluation of tracking.

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Authors: Lucas, S. R., & Berends, M.
ORCID: Lucas, Samuel R.
Berends, Mark
Venue: Sociology of Education
Publisher: JSTOR
Published: 2002-10
Volume: 75
Issue: 4
Pages: 328
ISSN: 0038-0407 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.2307/3090282
OpenAlex: W1971754158
Cited by: 216
References: 30
Citations by year: 2026: 3 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 22 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 7 · 2021: 9 · 2020: 10 · 2019: 14 · 2018: 11 · 2017: 7 · 2016: 18 · 2015: 12 · 2014: 10 · 2013: 11 · 2012: 11
FWCI: 22.32
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Locations: Sociology of Education (publishedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Education › School Choice and Performance
Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Critical Race Theory in Education
Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies
Keywords: educational tracking, sociodemographic diversity, racial and ethnic diversity, socioeconomic diversity, school composition, secondary schools, High School and Beyond, school segregation

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