Purpose: School administrators and policy makers live in a complex, changing policy universe in which there are many competing demands and political pressures. Rarely is there much time to think about sensitive issues of long duration that are not part of the immediate demands they face. This article is about such an issue, a question that will…

This paper outlines developments in the segregation of Hispanics in public schools. It begins with a review of Gary Orfield's study, "Desegregation of Black and Hispanic Students from 1968 to 1980." Orfield determined that during the last decade Hispanics have been increasingly segregated in public schools, and are currently even more…

This report examines the meaning and utility of several different desegregation-related measures relevant to Federal policy and technical assistance. Following the introduction, Section II discusses alternative measures of school segregation and desegregation. Major indices are compared, using a hypothetical school district for illustrative…