The independent and interacting effects of race and poverty on academic achievement were examined for all fourth through sixth grade children attending public neighborhood schools in St. Louis, Missouri between Fall 1968 and Spring 1971. The Iowa Tests of Basic Skills (ITBS) was given at four points in time during this period to a total of 27,465…

This paper uses the data from the 1966 Educational Opportunities Survey (EOS) to investigate regional and racial inequalities in education by applying a definition of inequalities that incorporates both school inputs and educational outcomes. Inequalities in school inputs are weighted by their importance for educational outputs, in order to…

This booklet on women workers of minority races includes all races in a minority other than white, Negroes constituting about 90 percent of all persons other than white in the United States; Spanish-speaking persons are included in the white population. The following topics are encompassed; labor force participation; unemployment; marital status;…

The primary objective of this study was an analysis of the differential influence socioeconomic status and "significant others" have on the educational aspirations of black and white youth. A causal model was developed from related theoretical and empirical research and was analyzed by path analytic techniques. The models revealed that the…

BECAUSE OF THE LARGE EDUCATIONALLY DEFICIENT SEGMENT OF THE TEXAS POPULATION, A STUDY WAS AUTHORIZED TO RELATE ILLITERACY TO ADULT VOCATIONAL EDUCATION. THE STUDY WAS BASED ON THE ASSUMPTIONS THAT THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ILLITERACY AND (1) MEMBERSHIP IN AN ETHNIC GROUP, (2) LOW SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS, (3) CRIME, AND (4)…

DEMOGRAPHIC CORRELATES OF EDUCATIONAL PERFORMANCE LEVELS WERE EXAMINED BY COUNTY IN THE 11 EX-CONFEDERATE SOUTHERN STATES TO FIND OUT WHETHER THE SAME VARIABLES PREDICT PERFORMANCE FOR BOTH NEGRO AND WHITE STUDENTS IN THE SAME WAY. DATA WERE DERIVED MAINLY FROM U.S. CENSUS REPORTS AND FROM MATERIALS OF STATE AND LOCAL DEPARTMENTS OF EDUCATION.…

The research reported here examines the role of psychological expectancies as labor market supply characteristics of black and white men and women. Secondary analyses are carried out on data provided by the Survey Research Center 1972 national probability sample of adults 18 years and older drawn for the presidential election study. The report…

A pilot survey, administered in 1972, was designed to assess a rough cross section of attitudes toward birth control in both black and white neighborhoods. A survey of 41 male and 39 female white residents of Decatur, Georgia, was conducted primarily to get an indication of how attitudes held by whites relate to feelings about family planning…

This study examines the relationship between observed behaviors and attitudes of black fathers and the association of these paternal measures with the self-identity of their preschool children. Twenty-one working and middle class suburban black families were studied. Four black male interviewers were trained to collect the parent-child interaction…

This study examined the cross-cultural validity of the sex bias contention with respect to standardized aptitude testing, used for academic prediction purposes in Israel. Analyses were based on the grade point average and scores of 1778 Jewish and 1017 Arab students who were administered standardized college entrance test batteries. (Author/LMO)

This paper reanalyzed the Youth in Transition data, supported the generality of the earlier Marsh and Parker (EJ) findings, and demonstrated new theoretical implications of the big-fish-little-pond effect. (Author/LMO)

Theories explaining differences in IQ performances between races in terms of (a) genetics and (b) the role of the environment are both criticized. It is argued that the Cultural Distance Approach, which stresses the role of a subculture's distance from the major culture on which IQ questions are based, has the greatest explanatory power. (RDN)

The author refutes Humphrey's test of the Spearman hypothesis. A fair test requires that Black and White samples not be selected on any g-correlated variable, including socioeconomic status. Humphrey's factor analysis on test-score means of demographic groups, rather than on individuals, inflates g loadings and biases results. (LMO)

A research study revealed that investment in formal occupational training is widespread. While the wage effects of occupational training compare favorably with schooling and general work experience, effects vary considerably among settings and types of training as well as between Whites and Blacks. (Author/RM)

The cognitive development of a group of children who, at age six, were more than one standard deviation above the mean on a culture-fair measure is described. The relationship of influences at discrete time points which impinge on measures of mental attainment at elementary school entry is schematized. (DWH)