Class-Size Policy: The STAR Experiment and Related Class-Size Studies. NCPEA Policy Brief. Volume 1, Number 2

Autor/in	Achilles, Charles M.
Institution	National Council of Professors of Educational Administration
Titel	Class-Size Policy: The STAR Experiment and Related Class-Size Studies. NCPEA Policy Brief. Volume 1, Number 2
Quelle	(2012), (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Grade Repetition; Class Size; Small Classes; Dropout Rate; Elementary School Students; Teacher Student Relationship; Longitudinal Studies; Test Results; Learner Engagement; Disadvantaged Youth; Minority Group Students; Teacher Student Ratio; Males; School Effectiveness; Tennessee + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Repeat a school year; Repeating; Sitzen bleiben; Sitzenbleiben; Klassengröße; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Benachteiligter Jugendlicher; Lehrer-Schüler-Relation; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Schuleffizienz
Abstract	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 STAR research shows that small classes (15-17 pupils) in kindergarten through third grade (K-3) provide short- and long-term benefits for students, teachers, and society at large. Although all students benefit; poor, minority, and male students reap extra benefits in terms of improved test outcomes, school engagement, and reduced grade retention and dropout rates. Differing formulas for counting students and teachers are a major impediment to understanding and using small classes correctly: a pupil-teacher ratio (PTR) is a division problem, class size is an addition problem. The two are not the same, and thus PTR data cannot be used as a substitute for actual class-size data. (Contains 2 tables, 4 resources and 13 footnotes.) (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	NCPEA Publications. Available from: National Council of Professors of Educational Administration. Web site: http://www.ncpeaprofessors.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10