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A Review of Empirical Evidence About School Size Effects: A Policy Perspective

Leithwood, Kenneth, Jantzi, Doris·2009·Review of Educational Research
DOI 10.3102/0034654308326158
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This review examined 57 post-1990 empirical studies of school size effects on a variety of student and organizational outcomes. The weight of evidence provided by this research clearly favors smaller schools. Students who traditionally struggle at school and students from disadvantaged social and economic backgrounds are the major benefactors of smaller schools. Elementary schools with large proportions of such students should be limited in size to not more than about 300 students; those serving economically and socially heterogeneous or relatively advantaged students should be limited in size to about 500 students. Secondary schools serving exclusively or largely diverse and/or disadvantaged students should be limited in size to about 600 students or fewer, while those secondary schools serving economically and socially heterogeneous or relatively advantaged students should be limited in size to about 1,000 students.

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Authors
Leithwood, K., & Jantzi, D.
Venue
Review of Educational Research
Publisher
American Educational Research Association (AERA)
Published
2009-03
Volume
79
Issue
1
Pages
464-490
ISSN
  • 0034-6543 (ISSN-L)
  • 1935-1046
DOI
10.3102/0034654308326158
OpenAlex
W2137636117
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340
References
56
FWCI
81.69
Type
journal article
Language
en
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