Study Chaffs Students'Diversity, School Progress by State

By Mark Pitsch

WASHINGTON--Public schools in the United States are becoming increasingly racially diverse, according to a new study, and the trend shows no signs of diminishing.

However, the study points out, there are wide differences between the races on projected levels of educational attainment and between states and regions on their patterns of diversity.

Conducted by the Western/nterstate Commission on Higher Education and the College Board, the study is believed to be the first to analyze the educational progress of public-school children by race and ethnicity in each state, and to project the number of high-school...