PERIODICALS

What about the effect of racial deseg- regation? One 1965-72 study found that it helped black students in the North but had no effect in the South. There are no studies of long-term effects.
The results from high schools are more complete. Two studies show that students entering the ninth grade with comparable test scores are just as likely to graduate and attend college whether they attend high school in a poor or an affluent neigh- borhood.
But racial segregation does have a c...