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Paul T. von Hippel – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2021
In an effort to reduce viral transmission, many schools are planning to reduce class size if they have not reduced it already. Yet the effect of class size on transmission is unknown. To determine whether smaller classes reduce school absence, especially when community disease prevalence is high, we merge data from the Project STAR randomized…
Descriptors: Attendance, Communicable Diseases, Class Size, Small Classes
Mays, Jessica E. – ProQuest LLC, 2015
This case study examined the impact of a site-specific intervention for at-risk students in a small rural elementary school in the foothills of North Carolina. The research site uses a small homogenous class setting as a basis for accelerating academic growth for students who are considered at-risk in literacy based on the state-required literacy…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Homogeneous Grouping, Small Classes, Small Group Instruction