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Download full textAchilles, Charles M. – NCPEA Publications, 2012
This brief summarizes findings on class size from over 25 years of work on the Tennessee Student Teacher Achievement Ratio (STAR) randomized, longitudinal experiment, and other Class-Size Reduction (CSR) studies throughout the United States, Australia, Hong Kong, Sweden, Great Britain, and elsewhere. The brief concludes with recommendations. The…
Descriptors: Grade Repetition, Class Size, Small Classes, Dropout Rate
Peer reviewedAchilles, Charles M.; Finn, Jeremy D.; Pate-Bain, Helen – Educational Leadership, 2002
Explains difference between class size and pupil-teacher ratio. States that terms should not be used interchangeably. Asserts that effective class-size-reduction efforts must include early intervention, duration, and intensity. Reports results of recent studies of the effects of Tennessee Student Teacher Achievement Ratio (STAR) Project on student…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Class Size, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedFinn, Jeremy D.; Achilles, Charles M. – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1999
Describes Tennessee's Student/Teacher Achievement Ratio (STAR) Project, a study of class size, and summarizes its findings with regard to academic achievement and behavior. Positive findings from STAR are providing impetus for class-size-reduction policies. Discusses some criticisms of STAR research and findings. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Patterns, Class Size, Elementary Education
Achilles, Charles M.; Price, William J. – School Business Affairs, 1999
From a cost-benefit viewpoint, investing school revenues in small K-3 classes has great potential for improving productivity. Statewide class reduction initiatives in Indiana, Tennessee, Texas, and Wisconsin have positively influenced student achievement, behavior, citizenship, and development. Districts cannot afford to ignore this mounting…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Educational Benefits, Educational Finance, Educational Policy
Peer reviewedAchilles, Charles M.; Finn, Jeremy D.; Bain, Helen P. – Educational Leadership, 1998
Tennessee's Project STAR (Student Teacher Achievement Ratio), a large longitudinal project involving students in kindergarten through third grade, has provided important information about class-size effects on pupil achievement and development. The project showed that small classes provided higher student outcomes and better student behaviors than…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Benefits, Educational Equity (Finance), Equal Education
