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Peer reviewedNye, Barbara; Hedges, Larry V.; Konstantopoulos, Spyros – Journal of Educational Research, 2004
Recent research from randomized experiments on class size points to positive effects of small classes that persist for several years, but the evidence about the social distribution of effects is less clear. Some scholars have contended that the immediate effects of small classes are larger for minorities and for disadvantaged persons (e.g., J. D.…
Descriptors: Social Distribution, Outcomes of Education, Minority Groups, Educational Objectives
