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Download full textCommission on Civil Rights, Washington, DC. – 1968
The report is the result of a study that investigated the extent to which Mexican American students in 9 independent school districts in metropolitan San Antonio, Texas, were afforded equal educational opportunities. The districts were Alamo Heights, East Central, Edgewood, Harlandale, North East, Northside, San Antonio, South San Antonio, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attitudes, Civil Rights, Educational Discrimination
Peer reviewedValencia, Richard R. – Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 2000
Contests the State of Texas argument in the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills (TAAS) case that historical discrimination against African Americans and Mexican Americans is unrelated to their TAAS outcomes. Examines contemporary de facto school segregation, distribution of substandard teachers, and the relationship of these factors to student…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Education, Court Litigation, Educational Discrimination
Peer reviewedFerguson, Ronald F. – Challenge, 1991
Examines reasons why African-American and Hispanic-American students tend to have lower average scores than do white students on standardized mathematics and reading examinations, using data from a study of teachers' basic skills in Texas involving almost 900 school districts. Teacher-related factors that improve student performance are discussed.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Students, Educational Discrimination, Elementary Secondary Education
