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Class Size Effects: Assessing the Evidence, Its Policy Implications, and Future Research Agenda. Conclusion.
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Grissmer, David – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1999
Summarizes evidence for the effects of class-size reduction from experimental and nonexperimental measurements, addresses questions about the robustness of each type of estimate, and suggests hypotheses that could reconcile differences resulting from conflicting evidence. Discusses potential costs and the implications for future research into the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Class Size, Costs, Experiments
An Overview and Synthesis of the Project on State-Level Child Outcomes.
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Le Menestrel, Suzanne Miller; Tout, Kathryn; McGroder, Sharon M.; Zaslow, Martha; Moore, Kristin – 1999
The Project on State-Level Child Outcomes was initiated by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to examine the effects on children of waiver policies related to state welfare reform efforts prior to the passage of federal welfare reform legislation. This report details the project's examination of child well-being in the context of…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Welfare, Children, Day Care
A Review of Out-of-School Time Program Quasi-Experimental and Experimental Evaluation Results. Out-of-School Time Evaluation Snapshot.
Little, Priscilla M. D.; Harris, Erin – 2003
As the amount of resources allocated to out-of-school (OST) programming and policymakers' demands for research-based results increase, there is increasing interest in rigorous research designs to examine OST program outcomes. This issue of "Out-of-School Time Evaluation Snapshots" reviews 27 quasi-experimental and experimental OST…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Adolescent Development, Adolescents