Class Size Reduction in California

This third report on our ongoing evaluation of California’s Class Size Reduction (CSR) program brings us up through the 2000–01 school year. We update our previous findings on the implementation of the CSR program in Grades K–3 and on how the program has affected the qualifications of teachers, curriculum and instruction, student achievement, and special populations. In most cases, this report adds two years of data to the findings contained in our second CSR evaluation report. It also provides updated information on how districts and schools have allocated resources in support of CSR, a topic last discussed in our first CSR evaluation report.