Are There Additional Benefits from Being in Small Classes for More than One Year?

Autor/inn/en	Konstantopoulos, Spyros; Li, Wei
Titel	Are There Additional Benefits from Being in Small Classes for More than One Year?
Quelle	In: Educational Research and Evaluation, 18 (2012) 7, S.671-685 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1380-3611
DOI	10.1080/13803611.2012.718431
Schlagwörter	Small Classes; Evidence; Early Childhood Education; Longitudinal Studies; Achievement Gains; Class Size; Program Effectiveness; Effect Size; Academic Achievement; Elementary Schools; Predictor Variables; Statistical Analysis; Control Groups; Experimental Groups; Educational Research; Educational Assessment; Educational Indicators; Tennessee + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Evidenz; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Achievement gain; Leistungssteigerung; Klassengröße; Schulleistung; Elementary school; Grundschule; Volksschule; Prädiktor; Statistische Analyse; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; assessment; Bewertungssystem; Educational indicato; Bildungsindikator
Abstract	Evidence from Project STAR has suggested a considerable advantage of being in small classes in early grades. However, the extra benefits of additional years in small classes have not been discussed in detail. The present study examined the additional effects of being in small classes for more than 1 year. We find that once previous grade achievement and small-class membership are controlled for, small-class effects are typically insignificant except in 1st grade. Findings from longitudinal analyses showed no independent effects of small classes in early grades. Again, the exception was the estimate in 1st-grade mathematics. Thus, there is little evidence about the accumulated benefits of additional years in small classes. If indeed being in small classes for only 1 year is sufficient in early grades, the evidence points to reducing class size in first grade. (Contains 5 tables.) (As Provided).
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