School size, student achievement, and the "power rating" of poverty: Substantive finding or statistical artifact?

The proportion of variance in student achievement that is explained by student SES-"poverty's power rating," as some call it-tends to be lower among smaller schools than among larger schools. Smaller schools, many claim, are able to somehow disrupt the seemingly axiomatic association...

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Main Author: Theodore Coladarci
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Arizona State University 2006-11-01
Series:Education Policy Analysis Archives
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Online Access:http://epaa.asu.edu/ojs/article/view/99