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McCombs, Jennifer Sloan; Augustine, Catherine; Schwartz, Heather; Bodilly, Susan; McInnis, Brian; Lichter, Dahlia; Cross, Amanda Brown – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2012
During summer vacation, many students lose knowledge and skills. By the end of summer, students perform, on average, one month behind where they left off in the spring. Participation in summer learning programs should mitigate learning loss and could even produce achievement gains. Indeed, educators and policymakers increasingly promote summer…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Summer Programs, Achievement Gap
Gilman, David A.; And Others – 1988
Several dimensions of state-sponsored, reduced-class-size programs are addressed. At present, 20 states are contemplating following the lead of Indiana's PRIME TIME and Tennessee's STAR programs. Yet the effectivenessness of reduced class size in elementary schools continues to be uncertain and controversial. No one knows whether reduced class…
Descriptors: Class Size, Costs, Educational Improvement, Educational Practices
Tienken, C. H.; Achilles, C. M. – AASA Journal of Scholarship & Practice, 2006
Most research on the positive effects of class-size reduction (CSR) has occurred in the elementary level (Word, Johnston, Bain, Fulton, Zaharias, Lintz, Achilles, Folger, & Breda, 1990; Molnar, Smith, Zahorik, Palmer, Halbach, & Ehrle, 1999). Is CSR an important variable in improving education in the middle grades? Can small classes be…
Descriptors: Class Size, Grades (Scholastic), Small Classes, Instructional Program Divisions