The Political and Institutional Origins of a Randomized Controlled Trial on Elementary School Class Size: Tennessee's Project STAR.

Ritter, Gary W.; Boruch, Robert F.

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ERIC Number: EJ592468

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Publication Date: 1999

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The Political and Institutional Origins of a Randomized Controlled Trial on Elementary School Class Size: Tennessee's Project STAR.

Ritter, Gary W.; Boruch, Robert F.

Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, v21 n2 p111-25 Sum 1999

Examines the origins of Tennessee's Project Student/Teacher Achievement Ratio (STAR) and explores what it was about Tennessee in the mid-1980s that fostered the development of this experimental approach to class size. Highlights the connection between the research world and the political world that resulted in the STAR project. (SLD)

Descriptors: Class Size, Educational History, Educational Research, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Political Influences, Research Utilization, Small Classes, State Legislation, Teacher Student Ratio

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Tennessee

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