SINCE THE 1954 SUPREME COURT DESEGREGATION CASE, SMALL COMMUNITIES IN SOUTHERN AND WESTERN PARTS OF TEXAS VOLUNTARILY DESEGREGATED THEIR SMALL NUMBERS OF NEGROES INTO WHITE SCHOOLS, PRINCIPALLY FOR FINANCIAL REASONS. THE LARGE CITIES BEGAN TO DESEGREGATE ALSO. DESPITE THE GOVERNOR'S INTENTION TO SLOW DOWN INTEGRATION, THERE WERE 60 DISTRICTS OPEN…

This study evaluates the effects of busing on the subsequent achievement performance of bused black students. Differences in achievement gains or losses are hypothesized as being both a function of bused students attitudes toward busing and desegregation and of the interracial climate of acceptance in the receiving schools. Findings from data…