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Download full textMalloy, Leanne; Gilman, David – 1988
The purpose of this paper was to analyze the initial results of statewide implementation of the PRIME TIME program in Indiana. PRIME TIME is a state-wide program to reduce class size in the primary grades. Mean scores from 65,911 third graders who had completed the Indiana Competency Test in the spring of 1987 after completing 3 years of the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Class Size, Elementary School Students
Gilman, David A.; And Others – 1988
Several dimensions of state-sponsored, reduced-class-size programs are addressed. At present, 20 states are contemplating following the lead of Indiana's PRIME TIME and Tennessee's STAR programs. Yet the effectivenessness of reduced class size in elementary schools continues to be uncertain and controversial. No one knows whether reduced class…
Descriptors: Class Size, Costs, Educational Improvement, Educational Practices
Gilman, David Alan; Antes, Richard L. – 1985
This study investigated the effectiveness of Project PRIME TIME on student learning in rural Indiana schools. Project PRIME TIME, a state-supported program to reduce class size in kindergarten through third-grade classes, was implemented in Indiana schools during the 1984-85 academic year. Subjects were first-graders enrolled in rural schools in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Class Size, Pilot Projects, Primary Education
Direct linkReynolds, Arthur J., Ed.; Rolnick, Arthur J., Ed.; Englund, Michelle M., Ed.; Temple, Judy A., Ed. – Cambridge University Press, 2010
"Childhood Programs and Practices in the First Decade of Life" presents research findings on the effects of early childhood programs and practices in the first decade of life and their implications for policy development and reform. Leading scholars in the multidisciplinary field of human development and in early childhood learning…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Human Capital, School Readiness, Early Intervention
Gilman, David; Tillitski, Christopher – 1990
Four studies were conducted to ascertain the long term effects of reducing class size in primary grades. Study One compared the effect of class size reduction on one school system when all students' scores were compared. Study Two was a repeated measures cohort study in which the scores of 193 students who had attended reduced size classes in the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Class Size, Comparative Analysis, Educational Practices
Gilman, David; And Others – 1987
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of reduced class size on achievement in the primary grades. Scores on a variety of tests were used to compare the achievement of groups of primary students who had been enrolled in Indiana's Project Primetime with the achievement of cohort groups who had received instruction in larger classes…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Class Size, Competence
Cobb, Caronly; Brewer, Delores; Bauman, Amy; Groves, Paula; Rayle, Joesph; Noblit, George – 1997
In 1996, North Carolina began a 5-year evaluation of alternative learning programs (ALPs). This report contains in-depth case studies of four ALPs during the 1996-97 school year. The ALPs were selected to represent different types of programs in the state, and include one middle school, two high school, and one elementary school programs. The case…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Case Studies, Class Size, Intermediate Grades
