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Folger, John – Peabody Journal of Education, 1989
Discusses Project STAR, a four-year study of class size reduction on student achievement in the early elementary grades. The paper reviews research on class size, puts Project STAR in context, describes its design and introduces several articles noting research implications for policy debate about class size. (SM)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Class Size, Longitudinal Studies, Outcomes of Education
Illig, David C. – 1997
Four initiatives to reduce class size are before the California State Legislature--SB 1414, AB 2449, the Governor's proposal, and AB 2821. Three of them were influenced by the findings reported by Tennessee's Project Student Teacher Achievement Ratio (STAR). Project STAR is a longitudinal demonstration project that since 1985 has examined the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Class Size, Longitudinal Studies, Outcomes of Education
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Milesi, Carolina; Gamoran, Adam – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2006
Although experimental results indicate that smaller classes promote higher achievement in early elementary school, the broader literature on class-size effects is inconclusive. This seeming contradiction raises questions about the generalizability of experimental evidence, an issue that this article addresses by examining the effects of class size…
Descriptors: Young Children, Academic Achievement, Correlation, Classroom Environment