Small Classes in the Early Grades and Course Taking in High School

dc.creator	Jeremy D. Finn
dc.creator	Jeffery Fox
dc.creator	Michelle
dc.creator	Charles Achilles
dc.creator	Jayne Boyd-Zaharias
dc.date	2006-06-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-08-12T11:19:51Z
dc.date.available	2015-08-12T11:19:51Z
dc.identifier	1555-5062
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/9602dd92800c4a2eb40fb8b338799fbd
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/27916
dc.description	Researchers examined the relationship between small-class participation in the first four years of school and course-takingpatterns in high school. Using original data from Tennessee’s Project STAR (Student-Teacher Achievement Ratio) withhigh school transcripts for 3,922 students from the STAR experiment, the hypothesis that class size is related to theamount and level of coursework taken in mathematics, science, and foreign language was tested. Results indicated thatstudents who spent three or more years in small classes took more foreign language courses, higher-level foreign languagecourses, and higher-level mathematics courses than did students in full-size classes. The possibility that small-classparticipation would benefit students with low socioeconomic status (SES) more than high-SES students was alsoexplored, but no evidence was found of an SES-specific effect. The results are discussed in terms of (a) using class-sizepolicies to promote the taking of advanced courses in high school, and (b) the need to consider long-term outcomeswhen evaluating class-size reduction initiatives.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, Simon Fraser University, George Mason University
dc.relation	http://journals.sfu.ca/ijepl/index.php/ijepl/article/download/17/4
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1555-5062
dc.source	International Journal of Education Policy and Leadership, Vol 1, Iss 1 (2006)
dc.subject	education policy
dc.subject	class size
dc.subject	Tennessee STAR
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	Small Classes in the Early Grades and Course Taking in High School
dc.type	article