In Their Analysis of Schools in Alberta and New Brunswick,Corak

question 22

Multiple Choice

In their analysis of schools in Alberta and New Brunswick,Corak and Lauzon (2009) found that decreasing class size

• A)helped some of the student populations,but may have led to even lower achievement in other students.
• B)greatly improved academic achievement in the early grades.
• C)greatly improved academic achievement in the high school years.
• D)worked best when classes are reduced from 35 to 25 students.

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