Some Findings from an Independent Investigation of the Tennessee STAR Experiment and from Other Investigations of Class Size Effects.

Hanushek, Eric A.

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ERIC Number: EJ592470

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Publication Date: 1999

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Some Findings from an Independent Investigation of the Tennessee STAR Experiment and from Other Investigations of Class Size Effects.

Hanushek, Eric A.

Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, v21 n2 p143-63 Sum 1999

Reviews Tennessee's Project Student/Teacher Achievement Ratio (STAR) and puts the results in the context of other nonexperimental evidence about class size. Nonexperimental evidence does not support any achievement gains attributable to class-size reduction, and empirical evidence from STAR has design and implementation flaws that cast doubt on its findings. (SLD)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Class Size, Educational Research, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Research Problems, Research Utilization, Small Classes, Teacher Student Ratio

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Language: English

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