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Moes, Joan – American School Board Journal, 1986
A school board member, pursuing literature findings on the relationship between classroom size and student achievement/quality instruction, discovers that data support "any hypotheses." The investigator concluded that educational research does not reflect actual student-teacher classroom interactions. (CJH)
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Class Size, Educational Administration, Elementary Secondary Education
Reynolds, Anne; Reagin, Marlene; Reinshuttle, Kenneth – American School Board Journal, 2001
Elementary, middle school, and high school teachers from Fairfax County Public Schools express their views about reducing class size. Teachers from all grade levels said that reduced class size increased student learning and enhanced their teaching effectiveness, whereas large classes had the opposite effect. Lists four policy recommendations.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Board of Education Policy, Class Size, Educational Environment