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Class Size. ACSA School Management Digest, Series 1, No. 12. ERIC/CEM Research Analysis Series, Number 39.
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Thompson, Sydney – 1978
While the desirability of small classes seems an article of faith among educators, a review of the research indicates that class size in itself has rarely shown a substantial effect on educational achievement. The research itself has been flawed by the impossibility of determining or measuring all the variables that changes in class size can…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Class Size, Collective Bargaining, Declining Enrollment