TY - JOUR
T1 - Lessons from a federal grant for school diversity
T2 - Tracing a theory of change and implementation of local policies
AU - DeBray, Elizabeth
AU - McDermott, Kathryn A.
AU - Frankenberg, Erica
AU - Blankenship, Ann Elizabeth
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015, Arizona State University. All rights reserved.
PY - 2015/9/7
Y1 - 2015/9/7
N2 - In 2009, the U.S. Department of Education made grants to eleven school districts under the Technical Assistance for Student Assignment Plans (TASAP) program. The impetus for the program came from the Council of Great City Schools, which was concerned that school districts would respond to a recent Supreme Court decision by dismantling policies with integrative aims. We analyze the design of the TASAP program, its implementation by the USED, and how the grantee districts used the funds, and find that TASAP’s effects were mixed. Five districts represented examples of “successful” implementation, using the grant funds in ways that prioritized diversity. Six demonstrated “subverted” implementation, using funds in ways that met local needs but moved away from the diversity goal.
AB - In 2009, the U.S. Department of Education made grants to eleven school districts under the Technical Assistance for Student Assignment Plans (TASAP) program. The impetus for the program came from the Council of Great City Schools, which was concerned that school districts would respond to a recent Supreme Court decision by dismantling policies with integrative aims. We analyze the design of the TASAP program, its implementation by the USED, and how the grantee districts used the funds, and find that TASAP’s effects were mixed. Five districts represented examples of “successful” implementation, using the grant funds in ways that prioritized diversity. Six demonstrated “subverted” implementation, using funds in ways that met local needs but moved away from the diversity goal.
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U2 - 10.14507/epaa.v23.1999
DO - 10.14507/epaa.v23.1999
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84940928610
SN - 1068-2341
VL - 23
JO - Education Policy Analysis Archives
JF - Education Policy Analysis Archives
M1 - 83
ER -