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Sims, David – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2008
The California class size reduction program provided schools with cash rewards for K-3 classes of 20 or fewer students. I show how program rules made it possible for schools to save money by using mixed-grade classes to meet class size reduction obligations while maintaining larger average class sizes. I also show that this smoothing of students…
Descriptors: Class Size, Scores, Rewards, Teaching Experience
Achilles, Charles M.; Price, William J. – School Business Affairs, 1999
From a cost-benefit viewpoint, investing school revenues in small K-3 classes has great potential for improving productivity. Statewide class reduction initiatives in Indiana, Tennessee, Texas, and Wisconsin have positively influenced student achievement, behavior, citizenship, and development. Districts cannot afford to ignore this mounting…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Educational Benefits, Educational Finance, Educational Policy
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Hall, Kathy; Nuttall, Wendy – British Educational Research Journal, 1999
Investigates teachers' beliefs and attitudes on infant school classes in northern England. Reports on class size preferences and preferential treatment for some groups of children and teachers. Indicates that class size cannot be treated as unidimensional in its impact on the quality of teaching and learning. (CMK)
Descriptors: British Infant Schools, Class Size, Educational Policy, Educational Quality
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Folger, John – Peabody Journal of Education, 1989
Paper summarizes policy and research implications of several studies on Project STAR, noting relationships between class size and student achievement, class size and teaching, and theories of class size effects. It recommends using class reduction to improve achievement and suggests future research on teaching styles, curriculum objectives, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Class Size, Educational Policy, Educational Theories
Stecher, Brian; Bohrnstedt, George; Kirst, Michael; McRobbie, Joan; Williams, Trish – Phi Delta Kappan, 2001
Although second- and third-year evaluations of California's K-3 class-size reduction program show modest achievement gains, these improvements have had large costs. Interdistrict inequities have been exacerbated as the teacher work force increased 38 percent, qualifications dropped, and implementation costs soared. Recommendations are discussed.…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Administrative Problems, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Benefits