Graduate Research Papers
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Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Keywords
School size;
Abstract
The population of students housed in each school building, otherwise referred to as "school size," has increased tremendously over the last 50 years in the United States (Robertson, 2001). The purpose of this literature review was to look at school size and the effect that it has on students' academic performance to help K-12 advocates determine whether small schools or large schools are better for students academically. The literature examined for this study includes research done within the last 25 years pertaining to school size and academic performance. This literature review defines small schools and large schools and provides recommendations for ways to effectively decrease school size, since the literature indicates that students in schools with small student populations. "small schools,'' academically outperform or perform as well as students in schools with large student populations, "large schools." This literature review revealed that school size reduction and schools-within-schools were effective ways to reduce school size to help students achieve better academically.
Year of Submission
2010
Degree Name
Master of Arts in Education
Department
Department of Curriculum and Instruction
Department
Division of Middle Level Education
First Advisor
Jean Suchsland Schneider
Second Advisor
Donna H. Schumacher Douglas
Date Original
2010
Object Description
1 PDF file (30 leaves)
Copyright
©2010 Jennifer Schlomer
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Schlomer, Jennifer J., "School size and academic performance" (2010). Graduate Research Papers. 3263.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/grp/3263
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