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  2. Class-size reduction - Wikipedia

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    Aware of both the preliminary results of a CSR program in Indiana called Project Prime Time and the potential large scale costs of additional classrooms and teachers, in 1985, under then Governor Lamar Alexander, Tennessee began a three-phase project to determine the effects of reduced class sizes on short and long term pupil performance in the earliest grades.

  3. No Child Left Behind Act - Wikipedia

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    Education researchers Thomas Dee and Brian Jacob argue that NCLB showed statistically significant positive impact on students' performance on 4th-grade math exams (equal to two-thirds of a year's worth of growth), smaller and statistically insignificant improvements in 8th-grade math exam performance, and no discernible improvement in reading ...

  4. Basking in reflected glory - Wikipedia

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    The mirror image of BIRGing is cutting off reflected failure (CORFing). [1] [8] This is the idea that people tend to disassociate themselves from lower-status individuals because they do not want their reputations affected by associating with the people who are considered failures. In 2002, Boen et al. [12] demonstrate this effect in a ...

  5. Selection cutting - Wikipedia

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    Selection cutting in California, May 1972 The results of selective cutting of Ponderosa Pine. Selection cutting, also known as selection system, is the silvicultural practice of harvesting trees in a way that moves a forest stand towards an uneven-aged or all-aged condition, or 'structure'.

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  7. Cutting Class - Wikipedia

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    Cutting Class is a 1989 American black comedy slasher film directed by Rospo Pallenberg in his directorial debut, written by Steve Slavkin, and starring Donovan Leitch, Jill Schoelen, Brad Pitt, Roddy McDowall, and Martin Mull. It was Pitt's second major role, after The Dark Side of the Sun.

  8. Cost reduction - Wikipedia

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    Cost reduction is the process used by organisations aiming to reduce their costs and increase their profits, or to accommodate reduced income.Depending on a company’s services or products, the strategies can vary.

  9. Self-harm - Wikipedia

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    [1] [2] [3] Other terms such as cutting, self-injury, and self-mutilation have been used for any self-harming behavior regardless of suicidal intent. [ 2 ] [ 4 ] Common forms of self-harm include damaging the skin with a sharp object or scratching with the fingernails, hitting , or burning .