The effect of attending a small class in the early grades on college-test taking and middle school test results: Evidence from Project STAR

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Krueger, AB; Whitmore, DM
• 署名单位: Princeton University
• 刊物名称: ECONOMIC JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0013-0133
• DOI: 10.1111/1468-0297.00586
• 发表日期: 2001
• 页码: 1-28
• 关键词: class size

摘要

This paper provides a long-term follow-up analysis of students who participated in the Tennessee STAR experiment. In this experiment, students and, their teachers were randomly assigned to small, regular-size, or regular size classes with a teacher aide in the first four) ears of school. We analyse the effect of past attendance in small classes on student test scores and whether they took the ACT or SAT college entrance exam. Attending a small class in the early grades is associated with an increased likelihood of taking a college-entrance exam, especially among minority students, and somewhat higher test scores.