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Maxson, Robert C.; Maxson, Sylvia P. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2002
Describes how the faculty of the College of Education at California State University, Long Beach, developed an academically rigorous, hands-on teacher credentialing program, with guaranteed results, to meet the demand created in July 1996 when the governor proposed an immediate reduction in class size to a 20-to-1 student/teacher ratio for grades…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Preservice Teacher Education, Primary Education, Schools of Education
Peer reviewedBiddle, 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
Peer reviewedTurley, Steve; Nakai, Karen – Educational Leadership, 1998
California's K-3 Class Size Reduction Initiative (1996) called for a 20:1 student-teacher ratio. Passage of this initiative created an unexpected teacher shortage and presented California teacher-education faculties with several dilemmas having long-term implications. When districts hired uncertified student teachers on an emergency-permit basis,…
Descriptors: Class Size, Primary Education, Small Classes, State Legislation
Download full textIllig, David C. – 1997
Four initiatives to reduce class size are before the California State Legislature--SB 1414, AB 2449, the Governor's proposal, and AB 2821. Three of them were influenced by the findings reported by Tennessee's Project Student Teacher Achievement Ratio (STAR). Project STAR is a longitudinal demonstration project that since 1985 has examined the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Class Size, Longitudinal Studies, Outcomes of Education
Helmich, Edith; Wasem, Leighton – 1985
Most teachers and the public believe that children in kindergarten and the primary grades benefit from small classes because of children's need for individualized instruction and teacher attention. This report, part of a comprehensive policy study of early childhood education, presents a review of the research on the effect of class size on…
Descriptors: Achievement, Adjustment (to Environment), Child Development, Class Size
