Using What We Know: A Review of the Research on Implementing Class-Size Reduction Initiatives for State and Local Policymakers

Using What We Know

A Review of the Research on Implementing Class-Size Reduction Initiatives for State and Local Policymakers

Introduction

Chapter 1. Reducing Class Size in Public Schools: Cost-Benefit Issues and Implications

Chapter 2. Making Policy Choices: Is Class-Size Reduction the Best Alternative?

Chapter 3. Smaller Classes, Lower Salaries? A Study of the Effects of Class Size on Teacher Labor Markets

Chapter 4. Smaller Classes, Better Teaching? Effective Teaching in Reduced-Size Classes

Chapter 5. Implementing a Class Size Reduction Policy: Barriers and Opportunities

Chapter 6. Implications of Class-Size Reduction Research for Practice and Policy

Resources and Annotated Studies

Acknowledgements

Edited by
Sabrina W.M. Laine, NCREL
and
James G. Ward, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Using What We Know

A Review of the Research on Implementing Class-Size Reduction Initiatives for State and Local Policymakers

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