This book provides a uniquely accessible introduction to multilevel modeling, a powerful tool
for analyzing relationships between an individual-level dependent variable, such as student …

There is a vast body of literature on school size but comparatively few high quality empirical
studies comparing outcomes in schools of different sizes. This systematic review synthesizes …

The pressures of a nation-wide decline in educational funding coupled with the increase in
demands for accountability has renewed legislative discussion about the efficacy of school …

Most of the recent literature on the achievement effects of school size has examined school
and district performance. These studies have demonstrated substantial benefits of smaller …

Across the country, states are pushing to close their small rural schools with the mistaken
hope of saving money, in spite of overwhelming evidence that smaller schools are beneficial …

This study focused on student achievement in ninth grade schools or academies compared
to ninth grade students enrolled in traditional high schools. Student achievement was …

This study was a replication of the method used by R. Bickel and C. Howley (2000), applying
the approach to Washington state academic performance of fourth and seventh graders …

In order to examine the relationship between school size and achievement, a study was
conducted using longitudinal achievement data from North Carolina for three separate …

Addressing the issues of educational equity and social class diversity, Donna Marie San
Antonio documents the challenges adolescents face when making the transition from …

This paper investigates urban-rural and size effects on public upper secondary school
efficiency in Northern Thailand. Efficiency is assessed by a nonparametric technique …