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Chetty, Raj; Friedman, John N.; Hilger, Nathaniel; Saez, Emmanuel; Schanzenbach, Diane Whitmore; Yagan, Danny – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2010
In Project STAR, 11,571 students in Tennessee and their teachers were randomly assigned to different classrooms within their schools from kindergarten to third grade. This paper evaluates the long-term impacts of STAR using administrative records. We obtain five results. First, kindergarten test scores are highly correlated with outcomes such as…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Small Classes, Program Effectiveness, Kindergarten

McNamara, James F. – International Journal of Educational Reform, 1998
Serious interest in reducing class size often begins with a key question: What available evidence would support the higher implementation costs? This article discusses positive results of a longitudinal statewide study in Tennessee (Project STAR) and uses findings to specify four guidelines for practitioners and policy makers. Evaluation plans…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cost Effectiveness, Elementary Education, Longitudinal Studies
Pate-Vain, Helen; And Others – Phi Delta Kappan, 1992
According to Tennessee's 4-year study of class size, smaller classes (13 to 17 students) have an advantage over larger classes in reading and mathematics in the early primary grades. Another study showed that fourth graders previously enrolled in Project STAR classes out-performed non-STAR students. Benefits are greater when teachers possess…
Descriptors: Class Size, Educational Benefits, Financial Support, Longitudinal Studies

Achilles, C. M.; And Others – Journal of School Leadership, 1993
Summarizes a major longitudinal study (Project STAR) conducted in Tennessee between 1985 and 1989, provides some results updating STAR findings through 1992, and suggests research-based courses of action. Class-size research in primary grades is showing the efficacy of small classes of 1:15. Application of early experimental results in 17 poor…
Descriptors: Class Size, Educational Benefits, Elementary Education, Longitudinal Studies

Rice, Jennifer King – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1999
Estimated the impact of class size on instructional practices and the use of time in high school mathematics and science courses using data from the National Education Longitudinal Study. Findings reveal that class size has an impact on the use of class time, both instructional and noninstructional. (SLD)
Descriptors: Class Size, High Schools, Longitudinal Studies, Mathematics Instruction
Blatchford, Peter; Bassett, Paul; Goldstein, Harvey; Martin, Clare – British Educational Research Journal, 2003
Despite evidence from the USA that children in small classes of less than 20 do better academically there is still a vociferous debate about the effects of class size differences in schools, and considerable gaps in our understanding of the effects of class size differences. This article summarises results from the most complete UK analysis to…
Descriptors: Small Classes, Observation, Time Management, Academic Achievement
Sanogo, Youssouf; Gilman, David – 1994
This study investigated the possible causes of the contradiction between the results of two projects. Indiana's Prime Time project compared the achievement of students in large (averaging 26 students) and small (averaging 19 students) classrooms in grades 1 through 3. Results indicated that 3 years in smaller classes had little effect on student…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Class Size, Elementary School Students, Evaluation Problems
Yan, Wenfan; Lin, Qiuyun – Early Education and Development, 2005
The study explored the effects of two kindergarten program organization factors--length of school day and class size--on kindergartners' reading, math and general knowledge achievement at the end of the kindergarten year. Two waves of data were drawn from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998-99 (ECLS-K) with an…
Descriptors: Young Children, Minority Group Children, Class Size, Kindergarten
Nye, Barbara A.; And Others – 1992
Between 1985 and 1989, the Student Teacher Achievement Ratio (STAR) Project studied the effect of class size on student achievement in Tennessee schools. The study examined: (1) small classes of 13 to 17 students per teacher; (2) regular classes of 22 to 25 students per teacher; and (3) regular classes with a teacher's aide. The sample included…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Class Size, Elementary Education