Class Size Reduction or Rapid Formative Assessment?: A Comparison of Cost-Effectiveness

Autor/in	Yeh, Stuart S.
Titel	Class Size Reduction or Rapid Formative Assessment?: A Comparison of Cost-Effectiveness
Quelle	In: Educational Research Review, 4 (2009) 1, S.7-15 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1747-938X
DOI	10.1016/j.edurev.2008.09.001
Schlagwörter	Cost Effectiveness; Class Size; Formative Evaluation; Educational Strategies; Academic Achievement; Meta Analysis; Teacher Student Ratio; Educational Policy; Economics; Educational Finance; Instructional Effectiveness; Educational Research; Evidence; California; Connecticut; Tennessee; Wisconsin + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kosten-Nutzen-Analyse; Kosten-Nutzen-Denken; Klassengröße; Lehrstrategie; Schulleistung; Meta-analysis; Metaanalyse; Lehrer-Schüler-Relation; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Volkswirtschaftslehre; Bildungsfonds; Unterrichtserfolg; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Evidenz; Kalifornien
Abstract	The cost-effectiveness of class size reduction (CSR) was compared with the cost-effectiveness of rapid formative assessment, a promising alternative for raising student achievement. Drawing upon existing meta-analyses of the effects of student-teacher ratio, evaluations of CSR in Tennessee, California, and Wisconsin, and RAND cost estimates, CSR was found to be 124 times less cost effective than the implementation of systems that rapidly assess student progress in math and reading two to five times per week. Analysis of the results from California and Wisconsin suggest that the relative effectiveness of rapid formative assessment may be substantially underestimated. Further research regarding class size reduction is unlikely to be fruitful, and attention should be turned to rapid formative assessment and other more promising alternatives. (Contains 2 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10