In 1975 the National Institute of Research made public the following findings on desegregation. The spokesperson delivering the information to President Gerald Ford explained that these claims were backed up by "about 60 pounds of substantive documents": 1. Desegregation does not reduce achievement scores of whites. 2. Desegregation docs slightly increase achievement scores of blacks. 3. White flight is a common phenomenon following desegregation. 4. Great differences in the severity of white flight exist from city to city; no known controls for the phenomenon have been found. 5. Some compensatory intervention can improve short-term scores of deprived children. 6. We have a growing knowledge of types of interventions and the appropriate developmental stage for those interventions. 7. People view schools as good if they contain significant numbers of middle-class students, regardless of race. 8. Within the limits of natural variations, differences in educational expenditures have little relationship to achievement.

Source: "Newsnotes," Phi Delta...