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Interesting Developments on Class Size.

Bain, Helen Pate; Achilles, C. M. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1986

The education reform movement has fostered renewed interest in class size. Tennessee and Indiana experiments with smaller class size in primary grades have yielded improved student behavior and achievement scores. Tennessee's new Student-Teacher Achievement Ratio Project (STAR) is a longitudinal study furthering research on small class benefits.…

Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Class Size, Instructional Innovation, Primary Education

The Issue of Class Size for Young Children in Schools: What Can We Learn from Research?

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Blatchford, Peter; Mortimore, Peter – Oxford Review of Education, 1994

Reports that the debate over class size in schools has become more heated in recent years. Examines recent research and attempts to answer three questions regarding class size and academic achievement. Concludes that there is a link between the 2, but only in the early years and only with classes smaller than 20 students. (CFR)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Class Size, Classroom Environment