An executive summary of findings, this is the first volume of the Third Monitoring Report on Boston Public School Desegregation. The report, covering Boston Public Schools operations from December 1983 through May 1984, was filed by the Massachusetts Board of Education and Commissioner of Education under Orders of Disengagement entered at Federal…

In this updated report on the Riverside Unified School District, the district continues with its integration efforts including major program development. Over the three years of integration, performance of all children from the three major race groups has improved. In the primary grades, there has been a general trend toward higher reading…

This collection of papers and case studies emphasize what citizens should know in order to plan for either court ordered or voluntary desegregation. Chapter one describes lessons about planning and community education from communities that have recently undergone desegregation. Chapters two and three outline the Constitutional basis for…

Twenty documents discussing the beneficial effects of school desegregation, particularly on black children, and thirteen studies finding desegregation harmful are cited and their major findings and research methods described briefly in this document. Essentially an annotated bibliography, the report concludes by summarizing briefly the results of…

The evidence regarding the effects of school desegregation upon black student achievement remains inconsistent and inadequate, despite the production of a large number of empirical investigations. It is proposed that social scientists abandon traditional research models of the school desegration process, and instead attempt to observe and…

THE COMMUNITY STUDIED WAS HOMOGENEOUS, NORTHERN, PREDOMINATLY, WHITE-COLLAR, UPPER MIDDLE CLASS, AND WHITE. THE MAJOR CONSEQUENCES OF OPEN ENROLLMENT PROGRAM WERE THE FOLLOWING--(1) AN INTERNAL EFFECT UPON THE SCHOOLS WAS THAT STUDENTS WERE PLACED IN THE TRACK SYSTEM AND CLASSIFIED BY ACHIEVEMENT AND INTELLIGENCE TEST SCORES AND NEGRO STUDENTS…

AN EXPANDED VERSION OF TESTIMONY GIVEN ON MARCH 21, 1964, BEFORE THE MASSACHUSETTS STATE ADVISORY COMMISSION TO THE U.S. COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS IS GIVEN. THE EFFECTS OF SCHOOL SEGREGATION AND DESEGREGATION UPON BOTH NEGRO AND WHITE CHILDREN ARE DISCUSSED. THE AIMS OF EDUCATION INCLUDE THE ACQUISITION OF ACADEMIC SKILLS, THE DEVELOPMENT OF A…

THE RELATIVE INFLUENCE OF DESEGREGATION AT THE SCHOOL AND THE CLASSROOM LEVEL WAS EXAMINED BY MEANS OF U. S. OFFICE OF EDUCATION DATA FROM THE 1965 EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES SURVEY. USING THE 5,075 NINTH GRADE NEGRO STUDENTS FROM A SAMPLE OF SCHOOLS SELECTED IN THE METROPOLITAN AREAS OF NEW ENGLAND AND MIDDLE ATLANTIC STATES, WHO HAD ATTENDED…

ATLANTA HAS MADE AN ATTEMPT TO GET AT THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE ACHIEVEMENT OF NEGRO AND WHITE PUPILS IN A SEGREGATED SYSTEM BY USING AN OUTSIDE AGENCY TO ORGANIZE AND IMPLEMENT A COMPREHENSIVE SURVEY. THE WASHINGTON SCHOOL SYSTEM HAS COMPLETED 5 YEARS UNDER AN INTEGRATED ARRANGEMENT AND IS OFFERED AS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT MAY HAPPEN TO SCHOLASTIC…

Computer tape files of student enrollment data were analyzed three times in an 18-month period to determine the effects of closing five of Seattle's elementary schools in May 1979 on the enrollments of students residing within those attendance boundaries. The changes in enrollment figures in the areas where schools were closed were compared to…

Using meta analysis techniques from a 1977 article by G.V. Glass, this study sought to determine the effects of desegregation on academic achievement when students were grouped by academic subject, grade level, and length of desegregation. Data were obtained from 71 studies (conducted between 1955 and 1977) concerned with the effects of…

This dissertation was designed to determine the practices used by selected school districts to cope with the changes stemming from school integration, and to determine the effectiveness of these practices as perceived by central-staff administrators. Selected large city school districts with enrollments of 30,000 students and above, located in the…

In the summer of 1961 migrant children took part in an experimental education program held in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. The unique factor in this program was the utilization of local school children as catalytic agents in the classrooms. The migrant children were given 2 four-week programs which ran concurrently with the general 8-week summer…

This 40-item questionnaire intends to measure parent opinion on the effects of integration on their children and the school system. A recommended letter to parents is included. No field testing has been done. (See also TM 000 940 for a description of the study and 941, 942 for other questionnaires used.) (DLG)

A one-day in-service workshop was held for elementary and middle school teachers in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana. Each workshop consisted of large-group presentations followed by small-group discussions by participants, who were divided into nine groups. Presentations concerned techniques to aid motivation among multicultural and multiracial…