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Dickson, Lou Ann S. – 1988
Class size is a continuing concern for administrators and teachers in the Mesa Public School system. Research examined findings that reductions in class size can increase student achievement as measured by common standardized tests, but only if size is reduced to something below 20 students per class. Class size also produced changes in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Class Size, Classroom Techniques, Educational Environment
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Download full textFenzel, L. Mickey; Domingues, Janine – Catholic Education: A Journal of Inquiry and Practice, 2009
Although the number of urban Catholic schools has declined in recent years, Nativity model middle schools, first developed by the Jesuits over 35 years ago, have appeared throughout the nation to address the need for effective alternative education for urban children placed at risk. The present study compares the effectiveness of two types of…
Descriptors: African American Children, Small Schools, Nontraditional Education, Class Size
