Academic Performance of Black High School Students under Different Conditions of Contact with White Peers.

Patchen, Martin; And Others

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Publication Date: 1980-Jan

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Academic Performance of Black High School Students under Different Conditions of Contact with White Peers.

Patchen, Martin; And Others

Sociology of Education, v53 n1 p33-51 Jan 1980

Based on a sample of students in 11 public high schools, the article explores the relationship between class racial composition and academic outcomes for Black students under conditions including degree of friendship with Whites and characteristics of Black and White students. Concludes that the impact of interracial contact on academic outcomes for Blacks is small. (Author/DB)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Students, Comparative Analysis, Educational Assessment, School Desegregation, School Segregation, Secondary Education, Student Characteristics, White Students

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Reports - Evaluative

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Language: English

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