School Size and the Influence of Socioeconomic Status on Student Achievement: Confronting the Threat of Size Bias in National Data Sets

Creator

Craig B. Howley
Aimee A. Howley

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Publisher

Arizona State University, University of South Florida

Publication Date

September 2004

Abstract

Most of the recent literature on the achievement effects of school size has examined school and district performance. These studies have demonstrated substantial benefits of smaller school and district size in impoverished settings. To date, however, no work has adequately examined the relationship of size and socioeconomic status (SES) with students as the unit of analysis. ... The present study, based on the same large data set, but with size issues in the rural circumstance clearly in focus, reaches rather different conclusions, extending previous work for the first time to a more adequate examination of size effects on individual students.

Keywords

Socioeconomic status, Rural education, Academic achievement, School district size, School size

Extent

35

Volume

12

Issue

52

Language

English

Media Type

Journals (Periodicals)

Format

Digital Only

Note

Citation: Howley, C. B. & Howley, A. A. (2004, September 24). School size and the influence of socioeconomic status on student achievement: Confronting the threat of size bias in national data sets. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 12(52). Retrieved [date] from http://epaa.asu.edu/epaa/v12n52

Identifier

E11-00401

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Recommended Citation

Howley, Craig B. and Howley, Aimee A., "School Size and the Influence of Socioeconomic Status on Student Achievement: Confronting the Threat of Size Bias in National Data Sets" (2004). Education Policy Analysis Archives (EPAA). 520.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/usf_EPAA/520