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Small Class Size and Its Effects.
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Biddle, Bruce J.; Berliner, David C. – Educational Leadership, 2002
Describes several prominent early grades small-class-size projects and their effects on student achievement: Indiana's Project Prime Time, Tennessee's Project STAR (Student/Teacher Achievement Ratio), Wisconsin's SAGE (Student Achievement Guarantee in Education) Program, and the California class-size-reduction program. Lists several conclusions,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Class Size, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education
Coping with Class Size Reduction in California.
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Turley, Steve; Nakai, Karen – Educational Leadership, 1998
California's K-3 Class Size Reduction Initiative (1996) called for a 20:1 student-teacher ratio. Passage of this initiative created an unexpected teacher shortage and presented California teacher-education faculties with several dilemmas having long-term implications. When districts hired uncertified student teachers on an emergency-permit basis,…
Descriptors: Class Size, Primary Education, Small Classes, State Legislation
The Downside to Small Class Policies.
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Johnson, Kirk A. – Educational Leadership, 2002
Questions positive effects of small classes on student achievement. Describes study using 1998 NAEP reading data to determine whether students in small classes do better than students in large classes. Finds that after controlling for several factors such as gender, students in small classes did no better in reading than students in large classes.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Class Size, Cost Effectiveness, Elementary Secondary Education