This is an analytic report that draws from several NCES surveys to illuminate the question of the condition of education in urban schools compared to schools in other locations. The report is provided in a series of Portable Document Format (PDF) files which require the Adobe acrobat reader, which is available free of charge from the Adobe website. If you have the reader installed simply click the pdf icons. The executive summary, however, can be browsed without this reader. Simply, click the underlined entry in the table of contents.
Urban Schools: The Challenge of Location and Poverty (Entire file) (817 kb)
Cover, title page
Table of Contents
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Executive Summary
List of Figures
List of Charts and Tables
Introduction
Education Outcomes
Student Background Characteristics and Afterschool Activities
School Experiences
Appendix A: Estimates and Standard Error Tables
Appendix B: Methodology of Analysis
Appendix C: Technical Notes
Appendix D: Data Sources and Definitions
Appendix E: Bibliography
For questions about the content of this report contact Lisa Hudson.
