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Missing the Mark.
Finn, Jeremy D. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2002
Defends positive results of small classes in Tennessee's Student Teacher Achievement Ratio (STAR) Project reported in his March 2002 "Kappan" article. (PKP)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Education, Small Classes, Teacher Student Ratio
A Superficial Take on Project STAR.
Shaver, James P. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2002
Criticizes Jeremy Finn's March 2002 "Kappan" article, "Small Classes in American Schools: Research, Practice, and Politics," reporting positive results for small classes in Tennessee's Student Teacher Achievement Ratio (STAR) Project. (PKP)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Criticism, Elementary Education, Small Classes
Good Questions.
Sava, Samuel G. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1986
Praises United States Secretary of Education William J. Bennett's 1986 report as a readable, provocative document that restores central importance of elementary education. Disagrees with two improvement suggestions: elimination of teaching experience for principals and disregard of class size as an important variable. Sees improved instructional…
Descriptors: Class Size, Elementary Education, Equal Education, Principals
Interesting Developments on Class Size.
Bain, Helen Pate; Achilles, C. M. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1986
The education reform movement has fostered renewed interest in class size. Tennessee and Indiana experiments with smaller class size in primary grades have yielded improved student behavior and achievement scores. Tennessee's new Student-Teacher Achievement Ratio Project (STAR) is a longitudinal study furthering research on small class benefits.…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Class Size, Instructional Innovation, Primary Education
Small Classes 1, Vouchers 0.
Bracey, Gerald W. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2000
Alan Krueger's reanalyses of Eric Hanushek's school-productivity data show that Hanushek's "money doesn't matter" conclusions (influential in several states' education-finance hearings) have no factual basis. Hanushek excluded Tennessee's student/teacher ratio study (Project STAR). Also, class size is influencing students' success in…
Descriptors: Class Size, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Vouchers, Elementary Education
Class Matters--In and out of School
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Boyd-Zaharias, Jayne; Pate-Bain, Helen – Phi Delta Kappan, 2008
Low achievement and high dropout rates among poor and minority students continue to plague U.S. society. While much attention over the past quarter century has focused on reforming the schools these students attend, little or no progress has been made in actually closing the achievement gaps or reducing the number of dropouts. Why? Aren't…
Descriptors: Dropout Rate, Economically Disadvantaged, Low Achievement, Educational Quality
School Involvement and the Working Poor.
Bracey, Gerald W. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2001
Data from a 1994 longitudinal survey showed that parents' availability for school participation varied widely, depending on income and vacation benefits. At Princeton University, Alan Kruger and Diane Whitman concluded that smaller classes have greater effects on minority students' progress and college entrance-exam enrollment than on whites. (MLH)
Descriptors: Achievement, College Entrance Examinations, Elementary Secondary Education, Middle Class Parents
No-Fault Teacher Education.
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
Class Size Does Make a Difference.
Pate-Vain, Helen; And Others – Phi Delta Kappan, 1992
According to Tennessee's 4-year study of class size, smaller classes (13 to 17 students) have an advantage over larger classes in reading and mathematics in the early primary grades. Another study showed that fourth graders previously enrolled in Project STAR classes out-performed non-STAR students. Benefits are greater when teachers possess…
Descriptors: Class Size, Educational Benefits, Financial Support, Longitudinal Studies
The Research on Class Size.
Klein, Karen – Phi Delta Kappan, 1985
Research on class size during the past decade indicates that dramatically smaller classes significantly improve student performance, do not encourage adoption of drastically different teaching methods, and lead to increased student-teacher contact. Other research suggests techniques for working with small groups and for reorganizing school…
Descriptors: Class Size, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education, Grouping (Instructional Purposes)
Small Schools, Great Strides.
Bracey, Gerald W. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2001
Large high schools offer more specialized curricula, but are problematic. Experts think smaller schools raise minority/low-income student achievement, reduce violent and disruptive incidents, combat anonymity, increase attendance and graduation rates, and operate most cost-effectively. Recent studies corroborate these findings and small classes'…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Educational Environment, High Schools, Influences
Class-Size Reduction in California: A Story of Hope, Promise, and Unintended Consequences.
Stecher, Brian; Bohrnstedt, George; Kirst, Michael; McRobbie, Joan; Williams, Trish – Phi Delta Kappan, 2001
Although second- and third-year evaluations of California's K-3 class-size reduction program show modest achievement gains, these improvements have had large costs. Interdistrict inequities have been exacerbated as the teacher work force increased 38 percent, qualifications dropped, and implementation costs soared. Recommendations are discussed.…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Administrative Problems, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Benefits
City Academy. A Charter School Prototype.
Cutter, Milo – Phi Delta Kappan, 1996
Supported by Saint Paul and the Northern States Power Company, two Minnesota secondary teachers developed a pilot program, the Power League, aimed at returning 16- to 21-year olds to school. The City Academy grew out of students' requests for individual learning plans, an intimate learning community, and a sound school restructuring rationale.…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Dropout Programs, Educational Innovation, High Risk Students