Rachel Perera
Biographic Data
| ID | 6369147 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rachel Perera |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rachel |
| FAMILY NAME | Perera |
| SIGNATURE | PERERA R |
| AFFILIATIONS | RAND Corporation |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Structuring Choice Policy, School Segregation and the Two-Staged School Choice Process
School choice is both an important tool for school desegregation policy and an enabler of racial segregation. In this paper, we used a two-stage model of complex decision making to illustrate the relationship between school choice policy structure and school segregation. Our analyses draw on data describing the choices available to kindergarteners entering the Wake County Public School System between 2000 and 2010. As it pursued school diversity …
Award Given by the Vernon Prize Committee for Volume 40 of Jpam
The Kids on the Bus: The Academic Consequences of Diversity‐Driven School Reassignments
Many public school diversity efforts rely on reassigning students from one school to another. While opponents of such efforts articulate concerns about the consequences of reassignments for students' educational experiences, little evidence exists regarding these effects, particularly in contemporary policy contexts. Using an event study design, we leverage data from an innovative socioeconomic school desegregation plan to estimate the effects of…
Social returns to private choice? Effects of charter schools on behavioral outcomes, arrests, and civic participation
The Kids on the Bus: The Academic Consequences of Diversity‐Driven School Reassignments
Many public school diversity efforts rely on reassigning students from one school to another. While opponents of such efforts articulate concerns about the consequences of reassignments for students' educational experiences, little evidence exists regarding these effects, particularly in contemporary policy contexts. Using an event study design, we leverage data from an innovative socioeconomic school desegregation plan to estimate the effects of…
Social returns to private choice? Effects of charter schools on behavioral outcomes, arrests, and civic participation
The Kids on the Bus: The Academic Consequences of Diversity‐Driven School Reassignments
Many public school diversity efforts rely on reassigning students from one school to another. While opponents of such efforts articulate concerns about the consequences of reassignments for students' educational experiences, little evidence exists regarding these effects, particularly in contemporary policy contexts. Using an event study design, we leverage data from an innovative socioeconomic school desegregation plan to estimate the effects of…
Award Given by the Vernon Prize Committee for Volume 40 of Jpam
Structuring Choice Policy, School Segregation and the Two-Staged School Choice Process
School choice is both an important tool for school desegregation policy and an enabler of racial segregation. In this paper, we used a two-stage model of complex decision making to illustrate the relationship between school choice policy structure and school segregation. Our analyses draw on data describing the choices available to kindergarteners entering the Wake County Public School System between 2000 and 2010. As it pursued school diversity …
Computer Science (3 works) · Economics (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · School choice (2 works) · School Choice and Performance (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies (2 works) · Attendance (1 works) · Business (1 works) · Charter (1 works)