A r c h i v e d  I n f o r m a t i o n

From At-Risk to Excellence
National Institute on the Education of At-Risk Students

Class Size
and Students At Risk

What is Known?
What Is Next?

A Commissioned Paper
prepared by
Jeremy D. Finn

National Institute on the Education of At-Risk Students
Office of Educational Research and Improvement
U.S. Department of Education

U.S. Department of Education
Richard W. Riley
Secretary

Office of Educational Research and Improvement
Ricky T. Takai
Acting Assistant Secretary

National Institute on the Education of At-Risk Students
Edward J. Fuentes
Director

Media and Information Services
Cynthia Hearn Dorfman
Director

April 1998

This document is in the public domain. Permission to reproduce it in whole or in part for educational purposes is granted.

This report was prepared for the National Institute on the Education of At-Risk Students, Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI), U.S. Department of Education. The conclusions and interpretations in this report are those of the author alone and do not necessarily reflect the findings or policies of the Institute, OERI, or the U.S. Department of Education.

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