Issue Brief: Racial and Ethnic Classifications Used in U.S. Public Schools
NCES
Author(s):
John Bare, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation; Anne Meek (ESSI); and Mary Frase (NCES)
Publication date:
July 1998
Publication number:
NCES 98035
Summary
This issue brief looks at how changes in the nation's racial and ethnic makeup present special problems to the public schools, which collect and aggregate race and ethnicity data for federal programs and other reporting purposes.