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Majority African American Schools and Social Injustice: The Influence of De Facto Segregation on Academic Achievement.
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Bankston, Carl, III; Caldas, Stephen J. – Social Forces, 1996
Analysis of data on over 42,000 Louisiana 10-graders and their scores on the Louisiana Graduation Exit Examination revealed that the proportion of African American students in a school was powerfully and negatively related to achievement, this influence was not explained by socioeconomic factors, and achievement of both Whites and African…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Education, Blacks, De Facto Segregation
A Study of Selected Learning Disabled Students in Secondary Resource and Alternative Programs Relative to Levels of Intelligence and Achievement.
Broussard, Rolland L.; Verret, Ann Brown – 1987
Two groups of learning disabled (LD) secondary school students (ages 16-18) were studied to determine if such factors as levels of intelligence and achievement contribute to success in high school. The first group of students (N=10) were sophomores enrolled in special education resource classes for one period each day and were addressing Louisiana…
Descriptors: Achievement Rating, Grade 10, Graduation Requirements, High Schools
Statewide School Dropout Identification and Strategy Development Program: Does It Work?
Whelan, Carol Scott; And Others – 1990
An evaluation of a statewide dropout prevention strategy program with 13 prevention projects conducted by the Louisiana State Department of Education in the 1988-89 school year is presented. Both summative and process evaluations are described. The attitudes of 831 10th-grade students were measured using a pretest and posttest attitude survey…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Formative Evaluation