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Download full textVarble, Mary Ellen; Gilman, David Alan – 1988
This study examined the relationship between test results of students in PRIMETIME first-grade classrooms in Indiana, and the Smith and Glass (1979) class size/achievement model. The class size/achievement model shows the results of a meta-analysis of research on class size which indicated that as class size decreases, achievement increases. The…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Class Size, Grade 1, Mathematics Achievement
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Direct linkMilesi, Carolina; Gamoran, Adam – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2006
Although experimental results indicate that smaller classes promote higher achievement in early elementary school, the broader literature on class-size effects is inconclusive. This seeming contradiction raises questions about the generalizability of experimental evidence, an issue that this article addresses by examining the effects of class size…
Descriptors: Young Children, Academic Achievement, Correlation, Classroom Environment
