This research report is part of a series entitled IN PURSUIT OF BETTER SCHOOLS: WHAT RESEARCH SAYS that is supervised by Bruce J. Biddle and David C. Berliner and supported by The Rockefeller Foundation. The series provides timely and trustworthy summaries of research on major issues facing education today, with special emphasis on how America's poor and minority students are affected by educational policies.

This research report is part of a series entitled IN PURSUIT OF BETTER SCHOOLS: WHAT RESEARCH SAYS that is supervised by Bruce J. Biddle and David C. Berliner and supported by The Rockefeller Foundation. The series provides timely and trustworthy summaries of research on major issues facing education today, with special emphasis on how America's poor and minority students are affected by educational policies.