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

Papers of a conference held at Stanford University, May 12, 1989.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

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.