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SAGE Project

Publications

• The Wisdom of Class Size Reduction,
  American Education Research Association Journal (Forthcoming)
  Class size reduction is a popular and resource-intensive reform aimed toward improving student achievement. In this study we explored the implementation of a state-wide class size reduction program in nine high poverty schools. Through observations, interviews, and artifact collection in 27 classrooms (K-3) we examined how high achieving, low achieving and rapidly improving schools used the resource of class size reduction to change staffing patterns and develop new instructional patterns. Program implementation required changes in space allocation. Some classrooms had 15 students and one teacher, some classroom teachers worked within created, cramped quarters and others teamed with a colleague. Within the teamed classes teachers often used a strategy we called tag-team teaching with one teacher leading and the other doing clerical work. Little attention was specifically given to professional development to enhance teaching in smaller classes so it makes sense that teachers continued to practice in solo mode. Class size reduction is both a programmatic and instructional reform and as such, it requires specific professional development to promote change.

• Family Perspectives
  Family perspectives on their experiences in SAGE schools.

Policy Briefs

May

• SAGE (Volume 1, Issue 1): General Brief
• SAGE (Volume 1, Issue 2): How School Administrators Matter

June

• SAGE (Volume 1, Issue 3): Professional Development Brief
• SAGE (Volume 1, Issue 4): How District Practices Matter
• SAGE (Volume 1, Issue 5): Lighted Schoolhouse Brief

PowerPoints

• Perspectives on Class Size Reduction
  Interpretive literature review with analysis of researcher perspectives

• Responsive Teaching, January 12th

• The Role of Professional Development in SAGE Schools

Presentation on professional development in SAGE schools

Working Papers

• Children's Perspectives

• Class Size and School Principals 7705

• Class Size Reduction and Assessment

• Perspectives on Class Size Reduction
  Interpretive literature review with analysis of researcher perspectives

• Professional Development in SAGE FEB1
  Paper examines the role of professional development in SAGE schools

• When size matters: A hybrid theory of early literacy content and sociocultural contexts
  Analysis of literacy practices in SAGE classrooms by Dawnene Hassett & Kelly Hatch submitted to the Journal of Educational Research