Re: classroom size question

[Joel Blau <jblau@xxxxxxxxx>]

I think it is one that Virginia Postrel cited in the New York Times last
week in her economics column. Apparently, there have been a couple of
conservative article recently contending that class size does not
matter.

Joel Blau

Michael Perelman wrote:

> Does anybody know anything about this article?
>
> Hoxby, Caroline M. 2000. "The Effects of Class Size on Student
>    Achievement: New Evidence from Population Variation." Journal of
>    Economics, 115: 4 (November): pp. 1239-85.
> She argues that class size does not have much of an effect on
>    student achievement.
> -
> Michael Perelman
> Economics Department
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