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...Leach's study does not support Mr. Bohn's claims. Clearly, I did not distort the facts presented by Leach, nor did I misuse social science research...
Last week in an Opinion Page article entitled "Busing: the Best Available Means," Brian Bohn charged that in my article, entitled "The Failure of Busing" (April 28) I incorrectly used a study by Jeffrey J. Leach in the Indians Law Review. In my article I stated, citing Leach's study, that "five prominent sociologists found that busing did not improve the academic performance of black children." Bohn charged that the statement "is a clear distortion of the facts presented in the article and a misuse of social science research." He goes on to say, "the findings of the ten studies...
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...Leach article (Indiana Law Review, Vol. 6, 1973) was used by Mr. Ferrara to support his statement that, "...busing did not improve the academic achievement of black children." This statement is a clear distortion of the facts presented in the article, and a misuse of social science research. In fact, the findings of the ten studies cited in the article are overwhelmingly positive in support of advantages to bused blacks over their peers left in segregated schools...
...evidence in the Leach article reports only one of ten studies found that bused blacks gained over non-bused whites. This is not starting considering the advantage the white students had in not having to switch schools. There was no comparison made in any study between bused blacks and bused whites because no white bus schedules were altered in-any sample group, and he reports that five of the ten studies found conclusive gains for bused blacks over their non-bused peers in a number of skill areas. The remaining studies are of questionable conclusiveness (in each case by Leach...