Reports briefly on two major studies dealing with desegregation and achievement. One study is an evaluation of the Emergency School Aid Act (ESAA). The other, a three year study by the Educational Testing Service, is concerned with learning how to foster effective desegregation and integration. (Author/AM)

This report is part of the evaluation of a program--Metropolitan Council on Educational Opportunity (METCO)-- for the academic year 1968-69, which provides screening, placement, and busing services for Negro children from predominantly Negro schools in Boston to predominantly white schools in the surrounding suburbs. In this evaluation, METCO and…

AN EXPANDED VERSION OF TESTIMONY GIVEN ON MARCH 21, 1964, BEFORE THE MASSACHUSETTS STATE ADVISORY COMMISSION TO THE U.S. COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS IS GIVEN. THE EFFECTS OF SCHOOL SEGREGATION AND DESEGREGATION UPON BOTH NEGRO AND WHITE CHILDREN ARE DISCUSSED. THE AIMS OF EDUCATION INCLUDE THE ACQUISITION OF ACADEMIC SKILLS, THE DEVELOPMENT OF A…

This paper reviews research related to desegregation and achievement in an attempt to determine the effects of desegregation on the academic achievement of black and white students. The review is organized into three sections: (1) the pre-Coleman era which includes discussions of desegregation and academic achievement prior to 1966; (2) a summary…

Wichita, Kansas maintained a dual black and white school system from 1906 to 1952. Segregation continued, however, between 1952 and 1971. The board of education appointed a blue-ribbon, low economic area problems committee which made recommendations for desegregation of the schools along both racial and socioeconomic lines. Recommendations for…

Among the myths that are discussed are the effects of desegregation/integration on violence, finances, achievement, self confidence, quality education, neighborhood schools, and white flight. (Author/AM)

This testimony, by a research associate at Brookings Institute before a public hearing of the New York City Commission on Human Rights in May 1974, reviews the controversy that has been raging for the last couple of years about whether or not school desegregation does any good for the education of children-including the 1972 article by David Armor…

TO EXAMINE THE IMPACT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION ON ACCULTURATION, THIS PILOT STUDY ATTEMPTED TO DETERMINE IF THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN EXTENT OF EDUCATION BETWEEN THOSE WASHO INDIANS WHO WERE ACCULTURATED AND THOSE WHO WERE NOT. WHEN IT WAS FOUND THAT THE EDUCATIONAL LEVEL OF TWO TENTATIVELY SELECTED GROUPS WAS NOT SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT,…

An analysis of 93 research studies involving 323 samples of students reassigned from segregated to desegregated schools by government action determined that differences in findings can be attributed to differences in methodology. Of the seven types of methodologies studied, randomized experiments all showed positive achievement effects. (Author/KC)

THE PLAN OF THIS BIBLIOGRAPHY IS OUTLINED IN AN INTRODUCTORY NOTE WHICH BRIEFLY DISCUSSES THE STATUS OF RACIAL DESEGREGATION AND INTEGRATION IN THE SCHOOLS. ONE SECTION OF THE BIBLIOGRAPHY IDENTIFIES SOME REPORTS AND DISCUSSIONS OF DESEGREGATION EFFORTS. A SECOND AND BRIEFER ONE BRINGS TOGETHER ARTICLES WHICH DEAL WITH THE LEGAL DECISIONS ON WHICH…

Efforts to desegregate the public schools in Berkeley, California began in 1957 when a committee was appointed to study the problems of desegregation. In 1963, the board voted to desegregate the junior high schools and to study methods for desegregating the elementary schools. The 1968 elementary desegregation plan was complex. To desegregate the…

This report on New York State projects aimed at correcting racial imbalance in the public schools deals with the actual distribution of funds, the variety of programs implemented, and a summary of project evaluations presented by the participating districts during the first two years of operation, 1966-1968. Funds were appropriated to assist…

This study surveyed the effects of bussing nearly 1,200 blacks in the Buffalo (N. Y.) Public Schools from segregated inner city schools to schools where the population was primarily white. The blacks, in grades 5-7, were bussed from 6 inner city schools to 22 receiving schools. Findings include the following: (1) blacks integrated into classes…

This publication reviews research related to the effects of school desegregation on the academic achievement and self-concept of white students, and non-Negro minorities, and on race relations within the community. Separate chapters are devoted to the Riverside School Study, a 5-year school desegregation program with extensive evaluation and…

Four questions are investigated in this paper: (1) How does desegregation affect academic achievement? (2) What is the effect of desegregation on the minority child's self concept and his/her educational and career aspiration? (3) In what ways does desegregation influence the manner in which students of different races get on with one another? (4)…