Multi-grade / age classes
Overview
- Influence: Multi-grade / age classes
- Domain: Classroom
- Sub-Domain: Class composition effects
- Potential to Accelerate Student Achievement: Likely to have a small positive impact
- Influence Definition: Classes in which students of multiple ages or grade levels share the same learning space, although students retain their respective grade-level assignments. While these classes are typically formed administratively by schools coping with declining enrolments or funding, some studies have shown that transitioning to a multi-grade or multi-age classroom does not adversely affect absences, tardiness, or academic achievement.
Evidence
- Number of meta-analyses: 2
- Number of studies: 18
- Number of students: 66,471
- Number of effects: 50
- Weighted mean effect size: 0.01
- Robustness index: 2
Meta-Analyses
| Journal Title | Author | Article Name | Year Published | Variable | Number of Studies | Number of Students | Number of Effects | Effect Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Review of Educational Research | Veenman | Effects of multigrade and multi-age classes reconsidered | 1996 | Multiage classes | 11 | 4,004 | 10 | 0.03 | |
| Review of Educational Research | Veenman | Effects of multigrade and multi-age classes reconsidered | 1996 | Multigrade classes | 7 | 62,467 | 40 | -0.02 | |
| TOTAL/AVERAGE | 18 | 66,471 | 50 | 0.00 | |||||