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Ding, Weili; Lehrer, Steven F. – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2009
This paper introduces an empirical strategy to estimate dynamic treatment effects in randomized trials that provide treatment in multiple stages and in which various noncompliance problems arise such as attrition and selective transitions between treatment and control groups. Our approach is applied to the highly influential four year randomized…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Class Size, Small Classes, Grade 1
Kurecka, Paul; Claus, Richard N. – 2000
During 1999/2000, the Saginaw, Michigan public schools implemented a reduced class size program in grades 1 and 2. At grade 1 (23 rooms), reduced-size classes were maintained at no more than 18 pupils; at grade 2 (5 rooms), the limit was 21 pupils. Comparison classes were identified to assess the impact of the program. Students in both conditions…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Class Size, Classroom Environment, Educational Research