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Peer reviewedOrnstein, Allan C. – Urban Review, 1990
Reviews the debate during this century over the optimal size for an individual school in terms of efficiency and student outcomes. Current consensus correlates small schools with school effectiveness, community and school identity, and individual fulfillment and participation, and large schools with school inefficiency, institutional bureaucracy,…
Descriptors: Educational Indicators, Educational Policy, Educational Quality, Educational Trends
