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Peer reviewedMolnar, Alex; Smith, Philip; Zahorik, John; Palmer, Amanda; Halbach, Anke; Ehrle, Karen – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1999
Evaluated Wisconsin's Student Achievement Guarantee in Education (SAGE) program of class-size reduction through a quasi-experimental, comparative-change design. Results for 1996-97 and 1997-98 are consistent with the positive effects shown for Tennessee's Student/Teacher Achievement Ratio program (STAR). (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Class Size, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
Download full textMolnar, Alex – 1998
This report is designed to help Pennsylvania policymakers compare two current school reform ideas that are intended to improve student achievement: private school vouchers and class size reduction. It begins with a brief history of educational vouchers, then reviews the achievement effects of the Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and Cleveland, Ohio,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Class Size, Educational Vouchers, Elementary Secondary Education
Molnar, Alex; Smith, Philip; Zahorik, John – 1998
The Student Achievement Guarantee in Education (SAGE) program is a statewide effort in Wisconsin to increase the academic achievement of children living in poverty by reducing the student-teacher ratio in kindergarten through grade 3 to 15:1. This report is the second of five annual evaluation reports. During the 1997-1998 school year, the SAGE…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Class Size, Disadvantaged Youth
Maier, Peter; Molnar, Alex; Percy, Stephen; Smith, Phillip; Zahorik, John – 1997
The Student Achievement Guarantee in Education (SAGE) program is a statewide effort in Wisconsin to increase the academic achievement of children living in poverty by eventually reducing the student-teacher ratio in kindergarten through grade 3 to 15:1. During 1995-1996, the Sage program was implemented in 30 schools in 21 school districts. Over…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Class Size, Disadvantaged Youth
Molnar, Alex; Smith, Philip; Zahorik, John – 1999
The Student Achievement Guarantee in Education (SAGE) is a statewide effort in Wisconsin to increase the academic achievement of children living in poverty by reducing the student-teacher ratio in kindergarten through third grade to 15:1. Schools participating in SAGE are also required to implement a rigorous curriculum, provide before- and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Class Size, Disadvantaged Youth
