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The Impact of California's Class Size Reduction Initiative on Student Achievement: Detailed Findings from Eight School Districts.
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Mitchell, Douglas E.; Mitchell, Ross E. – 1999
This report presents a comprehensive preliminary analysis of how California's Class Size Reduction (CSR) initiative has impacted student achievement during the first 2 years of implementation. The analysis is based on complete student, classroom, and teacher records from 26,126 students in 1,174 classrooms from 83 schools in 8 Southern California…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Class Size, Classroom Environment, Elementary Secondary Education
Competing Explanations of Class Size Reduction Effects: The California Case.
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Mitchell, Douglas E.; Mitchell, Ross E. – 2001
Competing explanations of class size reduction effects on student academic achievement were tested using student, teacher, and school data collected from nearly 700 classrooms in over 70 schools during the first 3 years of implementation of California's (K-3) Class Size Reduction Program. Five major hypotheses were tested: (1) overall impact of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Class Size, Classroom Environment, Classroom Research