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Class Size Task Force Research Articles

Bibliography

Barnett, Steven; Schulman, Karen; Shore, Rima. (2004, December). Class size: What’s the best fit? National Institute for Early Education Research, (9).

Biddle, Bruce J. & Berliner, David C. (2002, February). Small class size and its effects. Educational Leadership, 59(5), 12-23.

Blatchford, Peter; Bassett, Paul; Goldstein, Harvey; Martin, Clare. (2003, October). Are class size differences related to pupils' educational progress and classroom processes? Findings from the Institute of Education class size study of children aged 5-7 years. Institute of Education, 29(5).

Class size: New research, beyond STAR, is needed. (2008). Education Week. Retrieved from http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2008/09/19/28letter-3.h27.html?print=1

Ehrenberg, Ronald G; Gamoran, Adam; Brewer, Dominic J; Willms, Douglas J. (2001). The class size controversy. Cornell University ILR School. Retrieved from http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/workingpapers/25

Finn, Jeremy; Achilles, Charles M. (1999). Tennessee’s class size study: Findings, implications, misconceptions. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 21(2), 97-109.

Finn, Jeremy D; Gerber, Susan B. (2005). Small classes in the early grades, academic achievement, and graduating from high school. Journal of Educational Psychology, 97(2), 214-223.

Graue, Elizabeth; Oen, Denise; Hatch, Kelly; Rao, Kalpana; Fadali, Erica. (2005, April 12). Perspectives on class size reduction. Symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Montreal Canada.

Hood, Art. (2003). A parent’s guide to class size reduction. Serve.

Jacobsen, Linda. (2008, February 27). Class size reductions seen of limited help on achievement gap. Education Week. Retrieved from http://edweek.org/ew/articles/2008/02/27/25size.h27.html?print=1

Mishel, Lawrence & Rothstein, Richard. (2002). The class size debate. Economic Policy Institute. Retrieved from www.epinet.org

Picus, Lawrence O. Alternatives to class size reduction. Clearinghouse on Educational Policy and Management. Retrieved January 2009 from http://eric.uoregon.edu/publications/policy_reports/class_size/alternatives.html

Ready, Douglas D. (2008, April). Class-size reduction: Policy, politics, and implications for equity. Equity Matters: Research Review No. 2.

Ready, Douglas D; Lee, Valerie E. (2006, May 26). Optimal size for effectiveness and equity: Disentangling the effects of class and school size.

Reducing class size to enhance learning. (2001). Education Policy Studies Laboratory. Retrieved from http://www.asu.edu/.educ/epsl/EPRU/articles/EPRU-0203-33-OWI.doc

Smith, Phil; Molnar, Alex; Zahorik, John. (2003, September). Class size reduction in Wisconsin: A fresh look at the data. Education Policy Studies Laboratory. Retrieved from http://edpolicylab.org

Smith, Wendy Etheridge, Ph.D. (2006, October). Summary of research findings: Small class size in K-3, tutoring, professional development. Department of Public Welfare.

Tennessee State Department of Education. (1990). The state of Tennessee’s student/teacher achievement ratio (STAR) project – Final summary report 1985-1990.

U.S. Department of Education. (2000). The class size reduction program.

Walston, Jill; West, Jerry. (2004, June). Full day and half-day kindergarten in the United States: Findings from the early childhood longitudinal study, kindergarten class of 1998-1999. U.S. Department of Education.

 


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