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Download full textJones, Nathan; Steiner, Peter; Cook, Tom – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2011
In this study the authors test whether matching using intact local groups improves causal estimates over those produced using propensity score matching at the student level. Like the recent analysis of Wilde and Hollister (2007), they draw on data from Project STAR to estimate the effect of small class sizes on student achievement. They propose a…
Descriptors: Matched Groups, Control Groups, Scores, Computation
Direct linkWhitehurst, Grover J.; Chingos, Matthew M. – Brookings Institution, 2011
Class size is one of the small number of variables in American K-12 education that are both thought to influence student learning and are subject to legislative action. Legislative mandates on maximum class size have been very popular at the state level. In recent decades, at least 24 states have mandated or incentivized class-size reduction…
Descriptors: Class Size, Elementary Secondary Education, Small Classes, Performance Factors
