Review of evidence relating to effects of desegregation on the intellectual performance of Negroes

"This is a review of evidence regarding the effects of educational desegregation on the scholastic achievement of Negroes. It focuses on the problem of identifying the important situational determinants of Negro performance in the racially mixed classroom. Only a few studies have dealt directly with this problem, so that much of the evidence . . . is only inferential. Included are reports on the academic progress of Negro children attending integrated schools, evidence on aspects of the minority child's experience in desegregation that presumably affect his motivation to learn, relevant research on the behavioral effects of psychological stress, and finally, a series of experiments on Negro productivity in biracial settings." In desegregated school situations "there appear to be a variety of favorable and detrimental influences on Negro performance."