- The significant variables in the regression analysis of the percentage of students in separate placements in the state, were the percentage of urbanization in the states, the percentage of students in poverty in the states, and the percentage of African American students in the states.
- The major reasons provided during interviews were the extent of urbanization, the entrenchment of a private school structure in the state, the disincentives to integrate found in state-funding formulas, and state leadership and commitment.
- The most significant explanatory measure of separate settings was the percentage of African American students in the state.
- The U.S. Department of Education should insist that states change their funding mechanism as a dramatic method of influencing placement.