Interesting Developments on Class Size.

Bain, Helen Pate; Achilles, C. M.

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Publication Date: 1986

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Interesting Developments on Class Size.

Bain, Helen Pate; Achilles, C. M.

Phi Delta Kappan, v67 n9 p662-65 May 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. (7 references) (MLH)

Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Class Size, Instructional Innovation, Primary Education, Small Classes, Teacher Student Ratio

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Audience: Administrators; Practitioners

Language: English

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