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The Effects of Class Size on Student Achievement in Higher Education: Applying an Earnings Function.
Download full textDillon, Michael; Kokkelenberg, E. C.; Christy, Sean M. – 2002
This paper uses an earnings function to model how class size affects the grade students earn. It tests the model using an ordinal logit with and without fixed effects on 363,023 undergraduate observations. It finds that class size negatively affects grades. Average grade point average declines as class size increases, precipitously up to class…
Descriptors: Class Size, Classroom Environment, Grades (Scholastic), Higher Education
