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Montt, G. (2011). Cross-national Differences in Educational Achievement Inequality. Sociology of Education, 84(1), 49–68.

Description: Montt examines the educational achievement inequality of 50 countries and compares their school aspects (like tracking, teacher education, and resources) to determine if these factors have an impact on the inequality.  Montt finds that some of the factors have an impact while others do not.

Davis, T., Bhatt, R., & Schwarz, K. (2015). School Segregation in the Era of Accountability. Social Currents, 2(3), 239–259.

Description: Bhatt and Schwarz studied the impact of “No Child Left Behind” (NCLB) on the level of segregation in school systems.  They examine pre and post segregation levels as well as possible reasons for the influence of NCLB