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Glass, Gene V.; Down, A. Graham – Instructor, 1979
Argues that study findings indicate that lowered class size increases student achievement and improves school attitudes. Counter argument indicates there is little educational payoff and great monetary expense in small reductions in class size. (RH)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Class Size, Cost Effectiveness, Elementary Education

Schofield, Dee – 1974
This analysis outlines the generally inconclusive nature of class size research. In the area of achievement as it relates to class size, the research is demonstrated to be especially inconclusive. In addition to analyzing the problems and weaknesses of class size research, this paper summarizes the effects of class size on the educational process…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Guides, Class Size