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Small Class Size and Its Effects.

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Biddle, Bruce J.; Berliner, David C. – Educational Leadership, 2002

Describes several prominent early grades small-class-size projects and their effects on student achievement: Indiana's Project Prime Time, Tennessee's Project STAR (Student/Teacher Achievement Ratio), Wisconsin's SAGE (Student Achievement Guarantee in Education) Program, and the California class-size-reduction program. Lists several conclusions,…

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Class Size, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education

Smaller Classes Not Vouchers Increase Student Achievement.

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Molnar, Alex – 1998

This report is designed to help Pennsylvania policymakers compare two current school reform ideas that are intended to improve student achievement: private school vouchers and class size reduction. It begins with a brief history of educational vouchers, then reviews the achievement effects of the Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and Cleveland, Ohio,…

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Class Size, Educational Vouchers, Elementary Secondary Education