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Rethinking High School: Supporting All Students to be College Ready in Math (2008)
How can high schools succeed in preparing students for mathematics courses in college?
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What Research Says about Small Classes and Their Effects (2002)
This report answers key questions on class size: What research has appeared on class size to date? What findings have surfaced and how can we explain those findings? Why have those findings provoked controversy? And, what should we conclude about class-size policies based on the research? The report is part of a series funded by the Rockefeller Foundation entitled, In Pursuit of Better Schools: What Research Says. |
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Are Small Schools Better? School Size Considerations for Safety and Learning (2001)
"Overwhelming evidence indicates that violence is less likely in smaller schools. And a number of studies also find a correlation between smaller school size and higher achievement for poor and minority students, with all students performing at least as well if not better than in large schools."
—from the WestEd Policy Brief |
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Class Size Reduction: Great Hopes, Great Challenges (2000)
This policy brief discusses the potential benefits of reducing class size and the challenges of designing effective class size reduction (CSR) programs. Its recommendations on crafting successful CSR programs describe important design elements for policymakers to consider, such as targeting, teacher support, facility support, flexibility, and program evaluation.
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Class Size Reduction: Lessons Learned from Experience (1998)
This Policy Brief starts from the position that class size reduction is not a silver bullet, but rather one approach that has been shown to improve learning, especially in the early grades. It points out that a critical question is not whether class size can make a difference, but how and under what circumstances it does. |
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California's Class Size Reduction: Implications for Equity, Practice, and Implementation (1998)
This evaluation of California's first full year of its class size reduction effort draws on survey results and interviews with district and school staffs to examine how class size reduction has affected special populations, teacher credentials and distribution, teachers' classroom practices, and parental involvement. |
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Focus on Class Size Reduction: Smaller Classes Aim to Launch Early Literacy (1996)
This publication examines how the implementation of California's class size reduction efforts is affecting literacy in the early grades. The publication also examines the continuing challenge of implementation, including facilities and personnel, and the lessons learned from research. |
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