School Size Effects Revisited A Qualitative and Quantitative Review
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 publicati
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Hans Luyten Maria Hendriks Jaap Scheerens
School Size Effects Revisited A Qualitative and Quantitative Review of the Research Evidence in Primary and Secondary Education
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School Size Effects Revisited A Qualitative and Quantitative Review of the Research Evidence in Primary and Secondary Education
This study was financially supported by a grant from the PROO (Program Committee for Educational Research), which is part of the Dutch Foundation for Scientific Research (NWO)
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Hans Luyten Maria Hendriks Jaap Scheerens Faculty of Behavioural Sciences, Department of Research Methodology, Measurement and Data Analysis University of Twente Enschede The Netherlands
ISSN 2211-1921 ISSN 2211-193X (electronic) ISBN 978-3-319-06813-8 ISBN 978-3-319-06814-5 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-06814-5 Springer Cham Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London Library of Congress Control Number: 2014939533 The Author(s) 2014 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. Exempted from this legal reservation are brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis or material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Copyright Law of the Publisher’s location, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Permissions for use may be obtained through RightsLink at the Copyright Clearance Center. Violations are liable to prosecution under the respective Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
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Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jaap Scheerens, Maria Hendriks and Hans Luyten 1.1 The Effectiveness Perspective: Direct
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