Sponsor
Nohad A. Toulan School of Urban Studies and Planning
First Advisor
Lisa Bates
Date of Publication
Winter 4-11-2019
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Urban Studies (M.U.S.)
Department
Urban Studies
Language
English
Subjects
Gentrification -- Oregon -- Portland, Academic achievement -- Oregon -- Portland, Elementary education, School choice
DOI
10.15760/etd.6743
Physical Description
1 online resource (iv, 41 pages)
Abstract
Across the United States one would be hard pressed to find an urban center that has been unaffected by the phenomenon known as gentrification. From substantial economic growth to the displacement of long-term residents, the benefits and criticisms of the process of gentrification are wide ranging and extend over a thorough body of literature. Commonly associated with increasing levels of education and higher resident incomes, gentrification should be a boon to struggling public schools that are continually plagued by generational poverty. Unfortunately, the continued widening of the education gap and increasing racial segregation in our public schools suggest that any benefits of gentrification are not translating to equity in our public schools. By looking at the city of Portland, this paper attempts to quantitatively explore the complicated relationship among gentrifying neighborhoods, school performance on the 3rd grade standardized Math and Reading tests, and racial demographics of the students. This paper will follow the methods established by Keels et al. in their work on gentrification and school achievement in Chicago. By using 2000 Census and the 2015 ACS data and spatial analysis and mapping in GIS, gentrifying school neighborhoods in Portland will be identified and analysis of student test performance and racial demographics will be conducted to determine if any relationship exists. By exploring how these schools have changed both academically and racially we can expand educational and urban theory around the process of gentrification.
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Persistent Identifier
https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/28399
Recommended Citation
Ward, Justin Joseph, "Gentrification and Student Achievement: a Quantitative Analysis of Student Performance on Standardized Tests in Portland's Gentrifying Neighborhoods" (2019). Dissertations and Theses. Paper 4867.
https://doi.org/10.15760/etd.6743