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Download full textBohrnstedt, George W.; Stecher, Brian M. – 1999
This report, intended for local and state policy makers and practitioners, summarizes the findings and implications of class-size reduction (CSR) in California. The report's findings provide a comprehensive picture of California's CSR initiative during its first 2 years, covering such topics as implementation, resources, teacher qualifications,…
Descriptors: Class Size, Crowding, Educational Assessment, Primary Education
Educational Priorities Panel, New York, NY. – 2000
The Educational Priorities Panel carried out a study of the first year of the class size reduction program for grades K-3 in the New York City public schools by visiting five schools throughout the city and interviewing the principal and at least two teachers involved in implementing the program at each school. In all, 17 interviews were…
Descriptors: Class Size, Educational Change, Elementary School Teachers, Interviews
Sanogo, Youssouf; Gilman, David – 1994
This study investigated the possible causes of the contradiction between the results of two projects. Indiana's Prime Time project compared the achievement of students in large (averaging 26 students) and small (averaging 19 students) classrooms in grades 1 through 3. Results indicated that 3 years in smaller classes had little effect on student…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Class Size, Elementary School Students, Evaluation Problems
BALOW, IRVING H. – 1967
A 3-YEAR EXPERIMENTAL PRIMARY-GRADE READING PROGRAM CONDUCTED WITH A 50 PERCENT REDUCTION OF READING CLASS SIZE WAS EVALUATED IN THE RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA, UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR THE YEARS 1962-1965. TEST SCORES WERE ANALYZED FOR 656 CHILDREN IN THE EXPERIMENTAL GROUP WHO HAD 2 OR MORE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN THE EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAM AND FOR…
Descriptors: Basic Reading, Comparative Analysis, Intelligence, Longitudinal Studies
Georgia State Dept. of Education, Atlanta. – 2000
This report discusses the activities and outcomes of Special Instructional Assistance (SIA) an early intervention, prevention program designed to help Georgia students with identified developmental delays overcome the effects of those delays on academic achievement. The central tenet of the program is to provide more individualized instruction to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Developmental Delays, Early Intervention, Elementary Education
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
