Class-size reduction in California: A story of hope, promise, and unintended consequences

Phi Delta Kappan

Volumn 82, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 670-674

  Stecher, Brian ^a   Bohrnstedt, George ^b   Kirst, Michael ^c   McRobbie, Joan ^d   Williams, Trish ^e  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WestEd   (United States)

^e EdSource   (United States)

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EID: 0005522779     PISSN: 00317217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003172170108200907     Document Type: Article

References (6)

1. Contributors to the research include Dominic Brewer, Elizabeth Burr, Delia Burroughs, Lisa Carlos, Tammi Chun, Eric Derghazarian, Marian Eaton, Gerald Hayward, Mette Huberman, Tessa Kaganoff, Victor Kuo, Roger Levine, Daniel McCaffrey, Tor Ormseth, Thomas Parrish, Robert Reichardt, Cathleen Stasz, Carol Studier, Jackie Teague, George Vernez, and Edward Wiley. Rachel Hart was instrumental in the development of this article.
2. Jeremy Finn and Charles Achilles, "Tennessee's Class Size Study: Findings, Implications, Misconceptions," Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, vol. 21, 1999, pp. 97-109.
3. Class-Size Reduction Program home page, U.S. Department of Education, www.ed.gov/offices/ OESE/ClassSize/index.html.
4. U.S. Department of Education, "The Class-Size Reduction Program:Boosting Student Achievement in Schools Across the Nation," September 2000, available online at www.ed.gov/offices/OESE/ClassSize/ reports.html.
5. George Bohrnstedt and Brian Stecher, eds., Class Size Reduction in California: Early Evaluation Findings, 1996-1998 (Sacramento: California Department of Education, 1999);
6. Brian Stecher and George Bohrnstedt, eds., Class Size Reduction in California: The 1993-1999 Evaluation Findings (Sacramento: California Department of Education, 2000).