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Download full textRaivetz, Mark J.; Kean, Michael H. – 1981
This paper briefly reviews the current racial balance in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania public schools and discusses the development of an evaluation system to assess progress toward desegregation. Priority products and services of the Desegregation Evaluation Unit, formed in 1979, are listed. A number of problems that must be addressed in order for…
Descriptors: Desegregation Plans, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Needs
Hamilton, Rabinovitz and Szanton, Inc., Los Angeles, CA. – 1979
The results of computer simulations of each of 17 variations on 4 prototypical desegregation plans applied to the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) are reported in this document. The prototypes, each representing a category of proposals offered at one point or another during the litigation of the desegregation issues are: (1) an…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Desegregation Methods, Desegregation Plans, Elementary Secondary Education
Hamilton, Rabinovitz and Szanton, Inc., Los Angeles, CA. – 1980
This document reports the results of computer simulations of each of 19 variations on 4 prototypical desegregation plans applied to the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD). Each prototype represents one of the following categories of proposals offered during the litigation of the desegregation issue in the California courts: (1) an…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Desegregation Methods, Desegregation Plans, Elementary Secondary Education
Milwaukee Public Schools, WI. – 1979
Funds provided by the Emergency School Aid Act Title VII Magnet Project in 1978-1979 were largely responsible for attainment by the Milwaukee Public Schools of voluntary desegregation through specialty schools designed to meet a variety of student needs and interests. The positive impact of magnet schools on system goals was confirmed by…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Secondary Education, Magnet Schools, Multicultural Education
Alkin, Marvin; And Others – 1983
This report details the technical aspects of an evaluation of Magnet School programs in the Los Angeles Unified School District in 1982-83. It focuses on implementation during that year and on progress made toward reducing harms of racial isolation. A prologue considers the social, economic, and governmental context affecting the analysis and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Desegregation Effects, Elementary Secondary Education, Magnet Schools
Dorr-Bremme, Donald – 1982
The Los Angeles Unified School District's Permit with Transportation (PWT) Program allows volunteering students to be bused to attend schools other than those to which they would normally be assigned on the basis of residential location. Described are aspects of student participants' experiences, and of PWT Program activities at four receiving…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Busing, Case Studies, Decision Making
Alkin, Marvin; And Others – 1983
This report details the technical aspects of a 1983 evaluation of Year-Round Schools (YRS) in the Los Angeles Unified School District. It is part of a combined effort to assess voluntary integration programs and is designed to inform the district's policy-makers on the progress the district has made in relieving the harms of racial isolation. A…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Desegregation Effects, Desegregation Plans, Elementary Secondary Education
Applied Urbanetics, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1978
Descriptive summaries of twenty-two rural and urban school systems throughout the United States are presented in this report. Data for each summary include: (1) an introduction which describes the school's student population, the school's desegregation strategy (court ordered or voluntary), grants received by the school, and problem areas focused…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Compensatory Education, Educational Improvement, Educationally Disadvantaged
Alkin, Marvin; And Others – 1983
This report presents the 1982-83 results of an ongoing evaluation of two voluntary integration programs, Permits With Transportation (PWT) and Continued Voluntary Permits (CVP), which operate within the Los Angeles Unified School District. Information on implementation methods is presented for the use of district policymakers and for gauging…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Busing, Desegregation Effects, Desegregation Plans
Raivetz, Mark J.; And Others – 1982
The School District of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was ordered by the Commonwealth Court to begin a voluntary desegregation plan in February, 1979. To support the desegregation process, the school district applied for and received grants from the Emergency School Aid Act (ESAA) to develop programs around eight basic models: pairing, enrichment,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Court Litigation, Desegregation Effects, Desegregation Methods
Blank, Rolf K.; And Others – 1983
Within the context of current discussions on improving urban public education, this report provides an analysis of the magnet school as a model for educational quality and excellence and gives an objective assessment of its potential as a method of improving urban education. A comparative case study methodology combined the collection of…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Admission Criteria, Case Studies, Community Involvement
Blank, Rolf K.; And Others – 1983
This report discusses findings from a comprehensive national survey of the effectiveness of magnet schools in improving the quality of public education and in assisting school desegregation. Chapter I provides background information on the concept and evolution of magnet schools; discusses the purposes of the national survey and several issues…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Admission Criteria, Case Studies, Community Involvement
