School districts and campuses throughout the nation are working around the clock to avoid an unacceptable accountability rating under the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of 2001. In Texas the label has recently changed to "Improvement Required." An "Improvement Required" label forces districts and campuses into the Texas…

Examination of the ecological relationships between the relative size of Hispanic and Anglo populations and their respective poverty rates in the urban Southwest indicates that as the proportion of Hispanics in an area increases, both Hispanics and Anglos at lower socioeconomic levels are negatively affected and Hispanic poverty ratios increase.…

In 1985, poverty rates in Texas nonmetro areas were 41 percent for Latinos and 53 percent for Blacks, compared to 27 percent for both groups in Texas metropolitan areas. Individual, household, and structural factors were related differently to poverty status among the ethnic/residence groups. Contains 62 references. (SV)

A special sample from the 1990-1995 waves of the Panel Study of Income Dynamics is used to examine differences in the patterns and determinants of residential mobility between high-poverty and lower-poverty neighborhoods among Latinos, blacks and Anglos. Householders of Mexican, Puerto Rican and Cuban origin are significantly less likely than…

Examines effects of socioeconomic status, school funding, English proficiency, and Latino population concentration on achievement scores of students in grades 3, 6, and 12 in 66 rural California school districts. Performance on the California Assessment Program was predicted primarily by parental socioeconomic status, and, unexpectedly, improved…