Overview
- Covers the much debated topic of school size
- Addresses the topic in a thorough and rigorous manner
- Presents and discusses the results of studies published between 1990 and 2012
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Education (BRIEFSEDUCAT, volume 0)
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This book provides a thorough review of the research literature on the effect of school size in primary and secondary education on three types of outcomes: student achievement, non-cognitive outcomes and costs per student. Based on 84 scientific publications and several prior reviews, the book discusses four main areas: the impact of school size on cognitive learning outcomes and non-cognitive outcomes; the "state of the art" of empirical research on economies of size; the direct and indirect impact of school size, conditioned by other school context variables on student performance and the specific position of the Netherlands in an international perspective. The book presents summaries of the results and main conclusions found and discusses these with respect to their relevance for educational policy in general and for the Netherlands in particular. The book concludes with suggestions for future research on school size.
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Keywords
- aspects of school climate
- attendance, absenteeism and truancy
- attitudes to school
- cost per pupil
- educational policy
- internationally comparative educational research
- organization and management of educational organizations
- quantitative summary of research findings
- research synthesis
- review of research evidence
- scaling up in primary and secondary education
- school dropout
- school organization, teaching and learning
- school participation
- school safety
- school size
- side-effects and risks of scaling up
- size of school organizations
- student achievement
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: School Size Effects Revisited
Book Subtitle: A Qualitative and Quantitative Review of the Research Evidence in Primary and Secondary Education
Authors: Hans Luyten, Maria Hendriks, Jaap Scheerens
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Education
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-06814-5
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: The Author(s) 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-06813-8Published: 14 July 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-06814-5Published: 26 June 2014
Series ISSN: 2211-1921
Series E-ISSN: 2211-193X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 227
Number of Illustrations: 17 b/w illustrations
Topics: Educational Policy and Politics, Assessment, Testing and Evaluation, International and Comparative Education