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Peer reviewedIkpa, Vivian W. – Educational Research Quarterly, 1994
Effects of the policy of mandated busing for integration on overall achievement test scores of African-American children were studied with 434 elementary school students in Norfolk (Virginia). Achievement test scores declined after the elimination of mandated busing. School characteristics explained 9% of the variance in scores for all students.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Black Students, Busing
