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ABSTRACT. This reportexaaines previous research on school desegregation effects and suggests new research directions tc provide information for policy deliberations. The current imbalance in school desegregation research is attributed to unresolved technical disputes in policy debates, the limitation of debate topics relevant for research, and the absence of a strong theory of social mobility, comaunity power, or discrimination to support researth 'studies. A review of the desegregation effects on black students shows a general additive incremental effect on Attendance at'deit4regated colleges from each extra year of earlier experience in,debegregated elementary or secondary schools. This evidence indicates that other adult outcomes such as eiployment or housing attainments may be significantly influenced by desegregation in elementary and secondary schools. A consideration of the long term outcomes of schoo desegregation and its implications for policy deliberations sugges