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Download full textEgelson, Paula; Harman, Patrick; Hood, Art; Achilles, C. M. – 2002
Landmark studies in the late 1970s and 1980s, including Tennessee's Project STAR (Student Teacher Achievement Ratio), raised the nation's awareness that reduced class size does have a positive impact on students' academic achievement. This report provides a sketch of class-size reduction's history in a prefatory overview. Chapter 1 describes…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Class Size, Elementary Secondary Education, Program Descriptions
Achilles, C. M.; Harman, Patrick; Egelson, Paula – Research in the Schools, 1995
Beginning in 1991-92, a local school district undertook a concerted effort to reduce class size in grades 1 through 3 to 1:15, the Student/Teacher Achievement Ratio (STAR) Project. Achievement gains and research indicated that class size caused increased achievement and facilitated improved instruction. (SLD)
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Class Size, Instructional Improvement, Outcomes of Education
Harman, Patrick; Egelson, Pauline; Hood, Art; O'Connell, Debbie – 2002
This study examined the impact of smaller class size on elementary student achievement, focusing on types of instructional strategies utilized, student time on task, academic focus of the classroom, and types of interactions between teachers and students and between students and students. Two long-term class size reduction sites in North Carolina…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Class Size, Classroom Environment, Elementary Education
