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White-Black Achievement Differences: The Narrowing Gap.

Peer reviewed

Jones, Lyle V. – American Psychologist, 1984

Discusses societal changes that may have contributed to increasing average achievement levels (especially in mathematics) for Black students. Considers the long-term beneficial effects of school desegregation. (GC)

Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Achievement Rating, Black Achievement, Black Students

Identifying High Risk Substance Users in Grades 9 and 11. A Report to Attorney General John K. Van de Kamp.

Skager, Rodney; Frith, Sandra L. – 1989

Three groups of secondary school students were identified in the sample of over 7,000 high school students from the 1987/88 California Substance Use Survey based on patterns of involvement with alcohol and other drugs. Of primary interest are high risk users (HRUs) who engage in socially deplored and often dangerous forms of substance use. HRU…

Descriptors: Age Differences, Alcohol Abuse, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Research