CLASS SIZE AND PUPIL-TEACHER RATIO: POLICY AND PROGRESS Susan Weir, Peter Archer, and Laura McAvinue Educational Research Centre, St Patrick’s College, Dublin Government policy relating to reduction in class size and pupil-teacher ratio over the past 50 years is outlined. Since the 1980s, the policy has focused on positive discrimination towards schools serving pupils in … Continue reading Irish Journal of Education, Vol. 38, 2010