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Egelson, Paula; Harman, Patrick; Hood, Art; Achilles, C. M. – 2002
Landmark studies in the late 1970s and 1980s, including Tennessee's Project STAR (Student Teacher Achievement Ratio), raised the nation's awareness that reduced class size does have a positive impact on students' academic achievement. This report provides a sketch of class-size reduction's history in a prefatory overview. Chapter 1 describes…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Class Size, Elementary Secondary Education, Program Descriptions