This document presents a study of the effects of father absence upon the academic achievement of black children. Children in remedial reading and math programs from 20 Title I schools in a single midwestern metropolitan school district were studied. The father absence rate for black children in this school system averaged 30%. The study indicates that children from father absent homes are over represented in the Title I remedial reading program. Ranging from a low of 48.38% in the 5th grade to a high of 70.14% in the 3rd grade, their overall percentage is 58.17, nearly double the expectancy. An analysis of the Title I remedial math program reveals a similar pattern. With an expectancy of 30%, black children from father absent homes range from a low of 49.29% in the 5th grade, to a high of 64.51% in the 4th grade, with an average of 56.75%. No attempt was made to ascertain the percentage of white children from father absent homes in Title I remedial programs because no referent on which to base expectancy was available for this population. Nationally, the rate of father absence in white families is slightly over 10%. The over representation of black children from father absent homes in the Title I remedial program would tend to support the notion that father absence does have a definite effect upon some children's academic achievement. (Author/AM)