Article drawn from a longer report "The Little Black Schoolhouse, to be published in book form in 1970. Study aimed at determining how a school in a poor area functions, with emphasis on how it aids and facilitates successful pupils, and on the schooling process for their average and failing peers. Recommends heterogeneous grouping. (RJ)

The public school serves as an example of institutional racism which allows a cycle to come into effect: the institution says you are inferior, the individual is judged to be inferior, and the individual finally becomes inferior. (Author/MB)

In addition to ethnic origin, the subjects were further grouped by social class, middle and lower only. Social Class was a more important factor than ethnic origin in WISC differences; and, nonverbal ability differences (Cohen factors) were found to relate only to S's membership in a particular social class." (DB)

The results indicated that the WAIS IQ for poor premorbids tended to be higher than for good premorbids, but good premorbids demonstrated significantly higher motor performance. There also appeared to be a relationship between lower verbal abstractive and decision-making abilities and length of institutionalization. (Author)

It was concluded that while the correlations between the full and abbreviated WISC are consistent with previous research, the many discrepancies in levels of intelligence suggest that the abbreviated administration is of questionable validity when used with black children. (Author)

The author concludes that one strategy for improving or changing the educational system would be to change the content of the tests as a way of bringing about educational reforms in the system. This effort might bring about a greater similarity between the predictor (tests) and the criterion (scholastic achievement). (Author)

The equality of Negro and Caucasian intelligence is questioned. (CK)

Describes two recent court decisions: (1) A school board policy prohibiting unwed mothers admission to public school was changed; (2) a Federal court order requiring the California State Board of Education to retest and reevaluate in Spanish some 22,000 Mexican Americans previously classified as mentally retarded was obtained. (MF)

Attempts to fill research gap on testing by obtaining comparisons of deviation scores, at grade levels four, seven, and ten, from the California Test of Mental Maturity, Henmon-Nelson Tests, and Lorge-Thorndike Intelligence tests. Results tabulated. (CJ)