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This research aims to explore how classroom disruptions impact educational production and optimal class sizes.

Educational Production

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Randomized trial analyzes class size effects on learning outcomes, focusing on student behavior and discipline.

This research aims to explore how classroom disruptions impact educational production and optimal class sizes.
Developed a disruption model of educational production
Analyzed class size effectiveness in relation to student behavior
Discussed the role of discipline in performance differences between Catholic and public schools.
Optimal class size is larger for better-behaved students, indicating fewer disruptions can lead to increased learning.
Difficulties in finding class size effects in data suggest classroom behavior significantly influences educational outcomes.
Empirical framework highlights the importance of factors like student sorting and teacher quality in academic performance.

Edward P. Lazear (2001) studied this question.

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