Relationships Between Class Size Reduction, New Teachers, and Student Achievement
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In response to widespread dissatisfaction with its public schools, California has implemented a number of educational reforms over the past decade. Perhaps the most dramatic, and certainly the most costly, was the passage of the class size reduction (CSR) law in the summer of 1996. This legislation aimed to reduce average class size by roughly one-third, from 30 students to 20, in grades kindergarten through third grade, at an annual cost of over $1 billion.
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