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Cramer, Kevin.

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Making schools smaller: Do smaller learning communities improve student outcomes?

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Making schools smaller: Do smaller learning communities improve student outcomes?/
Author:	Cramer, Kevin.
Description:	137 p.
Notes:	Adviser: Gregg Barry Jackson.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International67-05A.
Subject:	Education, Administration. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3217543
ISBN:	9780542697272

Making schools smaller: Do smaller learning communities improve student outcomes?
Cramer, Kevin.

Making schools smaller: Do smaller learning communities improve student outcomes? - 137 p.

Adviser: Gregg Barry Jackson.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--The George Washington University, 2006.

In recent years, smaller learning communities have emerged as a strategy to address the social problems and poor academic performance of students in large high schools. Smaller learning communities are structures such as schools-within-schools and academies that offer smaller settings and more personal environments and instructional opportunities for students in large high schools.

ISBN: 9780542697272Subjects--Topical Terms:

626645
Education, Administration.

Making schools smaller: Do smaller learning communities improve student outcomes?
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520 $a In recent years, smaller learning communities have emerged as a strategy to address the social problems and poor academic performance of students in large high schools. Smaller learning communities are structures such as schools-within-schools and academies that offer smaller settings and more personal environments and instructional opportunities for students in large high schools.
520 $a The purpose of the dissertation is to assess the impacts of smaller learning communities within large high schools on student academic achievement, dropout rates, and preparation for postsecondary education. This study compares the outcomes of 20 large high schools in California receiving federal grants to implement smaller learning communities to a matched comparison group of 38 similar large high schools. The net effects of participation on student outcomes are estimated approximately three years after receiving federal funding. The study uses a matching analysis developed by the California Department of Education to match treatment and comparison schools, and analysis of covariance to estimate effects and to control for any remaining differences in student and school characteristics and prior academic achievement, dropout rates, and preparation for postsecondary education. The study also provides descriptive information on the structures and strategies schools have implemented to create smaller learning communities and the extent of school- and classroom-level changes in the treatment schools.
520 $a Overall, the analyses found a mix of negative and no effects from smaller learning communities. While treatment schools increased their academic achievement, the comparison group achieved greater increases, resulting in a statistically significant negative net effect of treatment. Effects on dropout rates and preparation for postsecondary education were not statistically significant. The data available on the implementation of smaller learning communities, while limited, suggest mixed results for program implementation. Many schools achieved moderate levels of implementation but did not achieve full implementation of the program. The study provides implications for policy and practice and recommends areas for further research.
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