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Chicano school failure and success : research and policy agendas for the 1990s / edited by Richard R. Valencia.

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General Note:	Papers of a conference held at Stanford University, May 12, 1989.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Formatted Contents Note:	The plight of Chicano students : an overview of schooling conditions and outcomes / Richard R. Valencia -- Segregation, desegregation, and integration of Chicano students : problems and prospects / Ruben Donato, Martha Menchaca, Richard R. Valencia -- Chicano dropouts : a review of research and policy issues / Russell W. Rumberger -- Bilingualism, second language acquisition, and the education of Chicano language minority students / Eugene E. Garcia -- Promoting school success for Chicanos : the view from inside the bilingual classroom / Barbara J. Merino -- From failure to success : the roles of culture and cultural conflict in the academic achievement of Chicano students / Henry T. Trueba -- Cognitive socialization and competence : the academic development of Chicanos / Luis M. Laosa, Ronald W. Henderson. The uses and abuses of educational testing : Chicanos as a case in point / Richard R. Valencia, Sofia Aburto -- An analysis of special education as a response to the diminished academic achievement of Chicano students / Robert Rueda -- Systemic and institutional factors in Chicano school failure / Arthur Pearl / Conclusions : towards Chicano school success / Richard R. Valencia.