REPORTS OF SEVEN TASK GROUPS WERE INCLUDED. TASK GROUP NO. 1 CONSIDERED THE "RAMSEY PLAN." INVOLVED WERE--(1) EDUCATIONAL IMPLICATIONS SUCH AS COURSE OFFERINGS, COUNSELING, ACTIVITIES AND RACIAL DISTRIBUTION AND BENEFITS, (2) PROBLEMS OF STAFFING, FACILITIES AND LEGAL STATUS, AND (3) THE ADVISABILITY OF IMPLEMENTATION IN SEPTEMBER. TASK…

This study originated in 1968, when desegregation was being carried out mainly on a one-way basis, by busing minority pupils to predominantly white schools. Two of the districts studied, Charlottesville, Virginia, and Providence, Rhode Island, were then groping their way toward racial balance, primarily because of local pressures, and both had…

In this experiment, the effects of attainment or nonattainment of self-set goals are assessed in individuals of three ethnic groups (white, black and Mexican-American), both pre- and post-desegregation. The method used to test level of expectation, actual performance, and reactions to success or failure is a simple ring toss game. Subjects varied…

The introductory section of this integration study discusses: the purposes of the study, emphasizing the assessment of the effects of integration on the academic achievement, attitudes, and aspiration s of both minority and majority children; the agencies doing the study; the historical background of the study; the sampling procedures and summary…

Four cases of school integration illustrate that eliminating racial isolation has been shown to have no detrimental effect on majority children. Minority children can be benefited by increasing their achievement levels and IQ scores. All groups can benefit attitudinally. These gains, however, occur only some of the time and only under favorable…

From the Fall of 1971 to Spring of 1972, the evaluation staff from Component V cooperated with the district research staff in collecting data for a product report determining how well the desegregation in San Francisco elementary schools was succeeding. The product evaluation strategy for this ESAP report is based on the Western Regional…

This book contains abbreviated accounts of eight community case studies and various reviews of a cluster of recent studies relating to race and education. The foreword discusses three phases of school integration, and the introductory chapter relates law, violence, and civil rights. The eight case studies on Evanston, Berkeley, New Haven,…

The desegregation decision by a local school system sometimes is perceived as the result of pressure, and at other times as unrelated to overt pressure for desegregation. Contrary to both of these views, this exploratory study suggests that a positive desegregation decision may stem from the personal values of school board members. These values…