A Review of Empirical Evidence About School Size Effects: A Policy Perspective

By K. Leithwood, D. Jantzi. 2009

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Reductions in Long-Term Suspensions Following Adoption of the Virginia Student Threat Assessment Guidelines (2011, background): “…are linked to a school’s enrollment size, proportion of minority students, and proportion of students eligible for free or reduced price meals (Gottfredson, Gottfredson, Payne, & Gottfredson, 2005; Leithwood & Jantzi, 2009; Raffaele Mendez, Knoff, & Ferron, 2002; Skiba, Rausch, & Ritter, 2004).”
The Impact of Induction and Mentoring Programs for Beginning Teachers (2011, background): “Compared to some other topics, such as school size (e.g., Leithwood & Jantzi, 2009), the evidence base for this review is relatively small.”
The Relationship of School Structure and Support to Suspension Rates for Black and White High School Students (2011, background): “A recent review of 57 articles on school size clearly favored small schools across a wide array of student and organizational outcomes, including academic achievement, school climate, student engagement, and cost-efficiency (Leithwood & Jantzi, 2009).”
Exploring What Leads High School Students to Enroll in Hispanic-Serving Institutions (2011, background): “Larger high school enrollments are linked with lower educational outcomes (Leithwood & Jantzi, 2009).”
School Climate: a Review of the Construct, Measurement, and Impact on Student Outcomes (2015, background): “Characteristics of the structural organization that have been linked to perceptions of school climate include school size (Bowen et al. 2000; Leithwood and Jantzi 2009), class size (Finn et al. 1999), the presence of ability tracking (Lee and Smith 1997; Mulkey et al. 2005; Oakes 2008), school…”
Teachers’ capacity for organizational learning: the effects of school culture and context (2016, background): “…addition to school poverty as a critical indicator of student characteristics at an organizational level, school size is a key contextual characteristic that has been included in prior studies focusing on academic achievement or school improvement (V.E. Lee & Smith, 1995; Leithwood & Jantzi, 2009).”