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Johnson, Donald P. – School Business Affairs, 2001
Although class-size reductions cannot guarantee better student performance, the Tennessee and Wisconsin experiences, along with other studies, suggest that successful programs share key characteristics: concentration in the primary schooling years, classes with not more than 20 students, greater benefits for urban minority students, and alignment…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Class Size, Educational Change, Elementary Education