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Molnar, Alex – 2000
Proponents of private school vouchers argue that vouchers empower poor families and raise the academic achievement of poor children. They also argue that vouchers may improve achievement by forcing the public schools to compete in an education marketplace in which poor parents hold the power of the purse. Juxtaposed against this issue of vouchers…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Change, Educational Vouchers, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedMolnar, Alex; Smith, Philip; Zahorik, John; Palmer, Amanda; Halbach, Anke; Ehrle, Karen – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1999
Evaluated Wisconsin's Student Achievement Guarantee in Education (SAGE) program of class-size reduction through a quasi-experimental, comparative-change design. Results for 1996-97 and 1997-98 are consistent with the positive effects shown for Tennessee's Student/Teacher Achievement Ratio program (STAR). (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Class Size, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
Download full textMolnar, Alex; Smith, Philip; Zahorik, John – 1998
The Student Achievement Guarantee in Education (SAGE) program is a statewide effort in Wisconsin to increase the academic achievement of children living in poverty by reducing the student-teacher ratio in kindergarten through grade 3 to 15:1. This report is the second of five annual evaluation reports. During the 1997-1998 school year, the SAGE…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Class Size, Disadvantaged Youth
Maier, Peter; Molnar, Alex; Percy, Stephen; Smith, Phillip; Zahorik, John – 1997
The Student Achievement Guarantee in Education (SAGE) program is a statewide effort in Wisconsin to increase the academic achievement of children living in poverty by eventually reducing the student-teacher ratio in kindergarten through grade 3 to 15:1. During 1995-1996, the Sage program was implemented in 30 schools in 21 school districts. Over…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Class Size, Disadvantaged Youth
Molnar, Alex; Smith, Philip; Zahorik, John – 1999
The Student Achievement Guarantee in Education (SAGE) is a statewide effort in Wisconsin to increase the academic achievement of children living in poverty by reducing the student-teacher ratio in kindergarten through third grade to 15:1. Schools participating in SAGE are also required to implement a rigorous curriculum, provide before- and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Class Size, Disadvantaged Youth
Molnar, Alex – 1999
In 1998, the Keystone Research Center published a comprehensive review of research on two high-profile ideas for raising educational achievement: lowering class size in the early grades and instituting private school vouchers. This report presents a research update, emphasizing results since early 1998. Over the past 2 years, the evidence on the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Attainment, Educational Vouchers, Elementary Secondary Education
