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The Effects of Class Size on Student Achievement: New Evidence from Population Variation
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I identify the effects of class size on student achievement using longitudinal variation in the population associated with each grade in 649 elementary schools. I use variation in class size driven by idiosyncratic variation in the population. I also use discrete jumps in class size that occur when a small change in enrollment triggers a maximum or minimum class size rule. The estimates indicate that class size does not have a statistically significant effect on student achievement. I rule out even modest effects (2 to 4 percent of a standard deviation in scores for a 10 percent reduction in class size).
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- Authors
- Hoxby, C. M.
- Venue
- The Quarterly Journal of Economics
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 2000-11-01
- Volume
- 115
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 1239-1285
- ISSN
- 0033-5533 (ISSN-L)
- 1531-4650
- OpenAlex
- W2080555458
- Cited by
- 942
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 125.03
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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