Policy makers, politicians and media too often discuss
data about class sizes and their impact on student learning without an evidence base, relying largely on second - hand research or anecdotes.
This is not a number that all colleges report, but you should feel free to
ask about class size when visiting campus or talking with an admissions officer.
Champions of small classes, who invariably cite Project STAR, fail to grasp that the study's findings have little bearing on current debates
about class size in this country.
Finally, the Florida information tells us what happens when a state government tries to
bring about class size reduction on a large scale, whereas the Tennessee experiment was limited to only a fairly small number of schools and to much larger reductions in class size.
CNN's Christine Romans, host of the weekly «Your Bottom Line» show, interviewed Justin Snider of The Hechinger
Report about class size in a segment that aired on December 10th.
School board member Matthew Forrest said parents of students in those classes had expressed concerns to him and other board
members about class size.
More points are lost because Louisiana does not provide
information about class size, parent involvement, or school safety on school report cards.
Scope: Comparative
data about class size, proficiency on standardized tests, percentage of students who receive free or reduced - price school lunch, and proportion of first - year teachers at a school; there's also a forum for parents to write reviews about individual schools.
The Public School Forum of N.C., a nonpartisan policy group in Raleigh, reported last month that House and Senate legislators differed on when they would renew
conversations about class size, but Horn, who did not offer any specifics on a proposed deal, indicated this week that the two chambers may soon find some common ground.
Fortunately, we expect that these problems are less important for a study of the career ladder than for one
about class size.
When a question came up
about class sizes, he stated that the UEA and the local district rerouted any funds to reduce class size into administrative costs.