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Disadvantaged Students in the Early Grades: Will Smaller Classes Help Them?
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Vaag Iversen, Jon Marius; Bonesrønning, Hans – Education Economics, 2013
This paper uses data from the Norwegian elementary school to test whether students from disadvantaged backgrounds benefit from smaller classes. The data cover one cohort of fourth graders who have been treated in small versus large classes for a period of three years. The Norwegian class size rule of maximum 28 students is used to generate…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Class Size, Small Classes, Grade 4
Misleading Measurements: How Ohio School Ratings Foster False Comparisons. K-12 Education
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DePaoli, Jennifer – Policy Matters Ohio, 2014
Highly rated urban schools are often held up as models for lower-rated urban districts. These high-scoring urban schools, both district and charter, get results on Ohio's standardized tests that shine compared to results many schools get in districts struggling with the effects of concentrated poverty. Administrators, journalists, and policy…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, School Effectiveness, Standardized Tests, State Standards
Misleading Measurements: How Ohio School Ratings Foster False Comparisons. Executive Summary
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DePaoli, Jennifer – Policy Matters Ohio, 2014
Policy Matters Ohio looked at schools rated the highest over a two-year period in each of Ohio's eight largest urban districts. State, school, and district data were used to examine schools--district-run and charter--that were rated Excellent or higher for either the 2010-11 or the 2011-12 school year or both. The number of schools examined ranged…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, School Effectiveness, Standardized Tests, State Standards
Class Size Reduction and Student Achievement: The Potential Tradeoff between Teacher Quality and Class Size
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Jepsen, Christopher; Rivkin, Steven – Journal of Human Resources, 2009
This paper investigates the effects of California's billion-dollar class-size-reduction program on student achievement. It uses year-to-year differences in class size generated by variation in enrollment and the state's class-size-reduction program to identify both the direct effects of smaller classes and related changes in teacher quality.…
Descriptors: Class Size, Reading Achievement, Economically Disadvantaged, Academic Achievement
Fulfilling the Promise of Preschool for All: Insights into Issues Affecting Access for Selected Immigrant Groups in Chicago
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Adams, Gina; McDaniel, Marla – Urban Institute (NJ1), 2009
Preschool for All (PFA) is a part-day (2.5 hours for up to five days a week) early childhood education program for 3- and 4-year-olds in Illinois. The program is voluntary to families and is designed to be a high-quality preschool option for all children--especially those at risk of academic failure. PFA was implemented in 2006 and is free to…
Descriptors: Focus Groups, Foreign Countries, Immigrants, Access to Education
Wirral Education Authority F. E. Management Audit Studies: 1983-84. Register Group Sizes and Student Retention Rates. Coombe Lodge Case Study. Information Bank Number 1972.
Kedney, R. – 1984
The management of course registration by Wirral Education Authority in England is discussed, along with the relationship of course size and student retention. After providing background information on the control of course size, standards set by Wirral are specified. Data on initial registrations and attendance levels as measured three or four…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Class Size, College Attendance, Databases