The Great Recession, Fiscal Federalism and Student Achievement

Steinberg and Shores will use SEDA to examine how the Great Recession and the federal government’s subsequent American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) affected academic outcomes across all school districts. They will study whether the recession exacerbated racial achievement gaps, whether the recession disproportionately affected school districts serving higher concentrations of low-income and minority students, and whether the federal fiscal stimulus was able to offset any of the recession’s effects on student achievement.