Team-learning interventions may improve intergroup relations within a desegregated classroom, but their effects are lessened outside of the school setting. Research suggests that generalized outgroup acceptance will be produced by (1) an interpersonal orientation toward team members; and (2) the assignment of persons to teams on the basis of their…

Employs data from 94 elementary schools to examine the prevalence and effects of resegregation. Reports that (1) positive attitudes toward integration influence teachers' selection of grouping practices that promote student interaction; and (2) less resegregative classroom structures are more advantageous for Black students' achievement. (KH)