Esitlus: Do Small Classes Reduce
Do Small Classes Reduce the Achivement Gap
between Low and High Acrivers? Evidence from
Projegt STAR
Meeri Kuustemäe
This study was carried out by
Spyros Konstantopoulos from
Northwestern University
2008 by the University of Chicago
Examined: how small class size can affect the
achievement of low- and high- achiving students.
Tennessee Class Size Experiment/ Project
STAR
Data from 4- year, large- scale, randomized
experiment conducted in Tennessee in the
mid- 1980s.
Nearly 11000 students in 79 elementary schools
in 42 districts in Tennessee
Hypotheses about Class Size
Mechanism
1. High achievers benefit more than low