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Leithwood, Kenneth; Jantzi, Doris – Review of Educational Research, 2009
This review examined 57 post-1990 empirical studies of school size effects on a variety of student and organizational outcomes. The weight of evidence provided by this research clearly favors smaller schools. Students who traditionally struggle at school and students from disadvantaged social and economic backgrounds are the major benefactors of…
Descriptors: Secondary Schools, Disadvantaged, School Size, Evidence