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Managing an Identity Crisis: Forum Guide to Implementing New Federal Race and Ethnicity Categories


This best-practice guide is developed to assist state and local education agencies in their implementation of the new federal race and ethnicity categories—thereby reducing redundant efforts within and across states, improving data comparability, and minimizing reporting burden. It serves as a toolkit from which users may select and adopt strategies that will help them quickly begin the process of implementation in their agencies.

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Managing an Identity Crisis: Forum Guide to Implementing New Federal Race and Ethnicity Categories


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