What Research Says about Small Classes and Their Effects

31 Bruce Biddle David Berliner 2002 What Research Says about Small Classes and Their Effects WHAT RESEARCH SAYS ABOUT SMALL CLASSES<o:p></o:p>http://www.wested.org/cs/wew/view/rs/670<o:p></o:p>Researchers Bruce Biddle and David Berliner begin this review of class size research with these provocative questions: "Why on earth have scholars and reviewers come to such divergent views about research on class size, and what does the evidence really say? Further, if small classes generate benefits, why should such benefits appear, and do those benefits apply to all (or merely some) students, levels of education, topics of instruction, and forms of advantage?" Read their analysis of existing research by visiting this webpage and downloading the PDF version of this 2002 WestEd Policy Perspectives report.<o:p></o:p>Category: Student Achievement, Working Conditions, Achievement Gap, Education Policy<o:p></o:p> Citation: Biddle, B. J. & Berliner, D. C. (2002). What Research Says about Small Classes and Their Effects. Retrieved June 26, 2007, from WestEd. Web site: <a href="http://www.wested.org/cs/we/view/rs/670">http://www.wested.org/cs/we/view/rs/670</a>. http://www.wested.org/cs/we/view/rs/670