Twenty-eight schools were initially separated into Group A and Group B using a randomized block design, by school size, in order to achieve roughly, equal-sized groups.
The expectations also vary with age group and school size.
Small school size, small class size... focusing on the individual child.
In 2000, the Gates Foundation began funding education reform, with an emphasis on reducing school size.
To be sure, school size was part of a larger reform strategy that included teacher effectiveness.
Randi Weingarten, president of the United Federation of Teachers, said she urged the city to factor in school size and overcrowding when determining peer groups.
He also said that, analyzing the data, school size and class size do not appear to be important factors affecting progress on test scores.
He felt children from rural schools should have the opportunity to have their talents developed without limits because of school size and geography.
But it also gives schools the option of less sweeping changes, like reducing school size or changing who is in charge of hiring.
"This is not an expansion in terms of school size, but to allow us to have more flexibility," Mr. Watters said.
HS Size stands for high school size.
