NEPC Resources on Class Size

Clive Belfield (November 21, 2023). NEPC Review: Small Class Sizes for Improving Student Achievement in Primary and Secondary Schools: A Systematic Review (Campbell Collaboration, October 2018). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/review/class-size-reduction

Bryan Mann (October 18, 2022). NEPC Review: Use of Personalized Learning Platforms in One Pandemic-Era Microschool: A Case Study (Center on Reinventing Public Education, June 2022). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/models

Peter Blatchford, Anthony Russell (December 14, 2020). Rethinking Class Size. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/rethinking-class-size

(February 13, 2020). NEPC Valentine’s Day Special: A Dozen Roses for Public Education. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-public-schools-021320

(April 1, 2019). Class Sizes Will Be “The Biggest Ever” Boasts President Trump. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-april-class-size-04012019

(March 14, 2019). Five Facts to Know About Class Size Research. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-class-size-031419

(August 21, 2018). What Does Research Have to Say About LeBron’s New School?. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-LeBron-082118

William J. Mathis, Tina Trujillo (November 17, 2016). Lessons from NCLB for the Every Student Succeeds Act. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/lessons-from-NCLB

William J. Mathis (August 23, 2016). Research-Based Options for Education Policymaking - 2016 Collection. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/research-based-options

Alex Molnar (March 21, 2016). MPS School Board Should Reject Proposal to Increase Class Size. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/mps-school-board

Patricia H. Hinchey (April 13, 2015). NEPC Review: Paying the Best Teachers More to Teach More Students (Edunomics Lab at Georgetown University, February 2015). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-paying-best-teachers

Clive Belfield (September 23, 2014). Review of The Efficiency Index. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-efficiency-index

(February 18, 2014). Does Class Size Matter?. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/does-class-size-matter

Patricia H. Hinchey (December 12, 2013). Review of An Opportunity Culture for All: Making Teaching a Highly Paid, High-Impact Profession. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-opportunity-culture

William J. Mathis (June 13, 2013). Research-Based Options for Education Policymaking - 2013 Collection. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/options

Joydeep Roy (March 26, 2013). NEPC Review: The School Staffing Surge: Decades of Employment Growth in America’s Public Schools, Part II (Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice, February 2013). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-school-staffing-surge-2

Joydeep Roy (December 4, 2012). Review of The School Staffing Surge. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-school-staffing

(June 16, 2011). NEPC Review: What Research Says and What It Means for State Policy (May 2011). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-class-size-what-research-says-and-what-it-means

(June 16, 2011). NEPC Review: Class Size: What Research Says and What It Means for State Policy (Brookings Institution, May 2011). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-class-size-brookings

Jeremy D. Finn (July 14, 2010). NEPC Review: The Impact of a Universal Class-Size Reduction Policy: Evidence from Florida’s Statewide Mandate (May 2010). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-class-size-florida

Alex Molnar, Douglas N. Harris, Gene V Glass, Lisa Abrams, Madhabi Chatterji, Mary Lee Smith, Sherman Dorn, Tim Hacsi, Victoria-Maria MacDonald (January 1, 2004). Reform Florida. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/reform-florida

(December 1, 2003). Identifying and Implementing Educational Practices Supported by Rigorous Evidence: A User-Friendly Guide. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/identifying-and-implementing-educational-practices-supported-rigorous-evidence-a-user-fr

Charles M. Achilles (January 1, 2003). Class Size: Counting Students Can Count. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/class-size-counting-students-can-count

Alex Molnar, Anke Halbach, John Zahorik, Karen Ehrle (January 1, 2003). Teaching Practices for Smaller Classes. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/teaching-practices-smaller-classes

Philip Smith, Alex Molnar, John Zahorik (January 1, 2003). Class-Size Reduction: A Fresh Look at the Data. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/class-size-reduction-a-fresh-look-data

John Zahorik, Alex Molnar, Philip Smith (January 1, 2003). SAGE Advice: Research on Teaching in Reduced-Size Classes. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/sage-advice-research-teaching-reduced-size-classes

Alex Molnar (January 1, 2003). Low Pay + Big Classes = Teacher Crisis. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/low-pay-big-classes-teacher-crisis

Alex Molnar, Daniel Allen, Glen Wilson, Sandra Foster (January 1, 2002). Professional Development Needs of Teachers in SAGE Classrooms. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/professional-development-needs-teachers-sage-classrooms

Alex Molnar, Philip Smith, John Zahorik, Anke Halbach, Karen Ehrle, Lawrence M. Hoffman (December 1, 2001). 2000-2001 Evaluation Results of the Student Achievement Guarantee in Education (SAGE) Program. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/2000-2001-evaluation-results-student-achievement-guarantee-education-sage-program

(January 1, 2001). Reducing Class Size to Enhance Learning. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/reducing-class-size-enhance-learning

John Zahorik, Philip Smith, Alex Molnar (December 1, 2000). 1999-2000 Evaluation Results of the Student Achievement Guarantee in Education (SAGE) Program. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/1999-2000-evaluation-results-student-achievement-guarantee-education-sage-program

Alex Molnar, Charles M. Achilles (January 1, 2000). Voucher and Class-Size Research. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/voucher-and-class-size-research

Alex Molnar, Philip Smith, John Zahorik (December 1, 1999). 1998-99 Evaluation Results of the Student Achievement Guarantee in Education (SAGE) Program. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/1998-99-evaluation-results-of-student-achievement-guarantee-education-sage-program

Alex Molnar, Philip Smith, John Zahorik, Amanda Palmer, Anke Halbach, Karen Ehrle (July 1, 1999). Evaluating the SAGE Program: A Pilot Program in Targeted Pupil-Teacher Reduction in Wisconsin. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/evaluating-sage-program-a-pilot-program-targeted-pupil-teacher-reduction-wisconsin

Alex Molnar (January 1, 1999). Student Achievement Smaller Classes and Educational Vouchers: A Research Update. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/student-achievement-smaller-classes-and-educational-vouchers-a-research-update

Alex Molnar, Philip Smith, John Zahorik (December 1, 1998). 1997-98 Evaluation Results of the Student Achievement Guarantee in Education (SAGE) Program. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/1997-98-evaluation-results-student-achievement-guarantee-education-sage-program

Alex Molnar (January 1, 1998). Smaller Classes–Not Vouchers–Increase Student Achievement. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/smaller-classes%E2%80%93not-vouchers%E2%80%93increase-student-achievement

Peter Maier, Alex Molnar, Stephen Percy, Philip Smith, John Zahorik (December 1, 1997). First Year Results of the Student Achievement Guarantee in Education Program. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/first-year-results-student-achievement-guarantee-education-program