Focuses on the issue of whether the implementation of school desegregation significantly increases the decline in percentage of resident white. Presents data from a study conducted in 86 Northern school districts from a 91-city study. Data were obtained from statistics published by the Department of Health, Education and Welfare beginning in 1967.…

This paper presents a series of analyses which focus on the geographical and historical context of the racial balance of the public schools of Lansing, Michigan. Based upon the results of these analyses, it is concluded that there is not conclusive evidence pointing toward an excessive alteration in the racial balance of the public schools due to…

Appendix A, "Data Analysis When Students Change from Smaller to Larger Schools between the Pre-test and Post-test of the First Year," discusses a methodological problem involved in planning the approximate number of questionnaires to be administered in program. Appendix B, "Estimates of Sample Sizes and Data Collection Costs," includes five…