Sentences with phrase «national average class sizes»

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Under the Senate proposal, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) would divide the fleet into classes based on size or weight and set fuel - economy standards for each class to achieve an overall average of 35 mpg by 2020.

If the same approach is applied to the STAR sample to adjust for the fact that some students did not enroll in the class they were assigned to - and a comparable sample of low - income black students is used - the gains in test scores after two years of attending a small class (average of 16 students) as opposed to a regular - size class (average of 23 students) is 9.1 national percentile ranks in reading and 9.8 ranks in math.

On the plus side, the average class size for elementary school classes in Louisiana is 18.9 pupils, lower than the national average of 21.2.

The analysis also incorporates data from the National Center for Education Statistics on the racial / ethnic composition of each school, the percentage of students eligible for free or reduced - price lunch (an indicator of family poverty), the average number of students in each grade (a measure of school size), and the school's pupil - teacher ratio (an measure of class size) in the 2007 - 08 school year.

According to data from the federal 2000 Schools and Staffing Survey, the average elementary - class size in the state is 19.4 pupils, lower than the national average of 21.2 pupils.

International studies showed total national spending on schools, average class sizes, formal teacher qualifications and teachers» years of experience were poor predictors of how well students performed on tests in key areas of the school curriculum.

Class sizes are small, its student - to - teacher ratio is only about 12 to 1, and each year the district spends far more than the national average on each public school student.

None have increased class sizes above national averages.

The president of the National Council on Teacher Quality has also challenged the data in the LPI report, noting that the demand data presume student - to - teacher class size ratios to decrease from the current average of 16.1:1 to 15.3:1.

Meanwhile, class size has significant impacts in all four models: An increase of one student per teacher is statistically associated with a 0.8 to 1.1 point drop in student test scores compared to the national average.

I asked you for some citation re your rather dramatic claims about the alleged «Faustian bargain» where teachers unions agreed to have CA's education spending lost in the nation, the class sizes highest in the nation, and all with the ultimate objective of having salaries, according to RAND, that are below the national average.

Zimmer would have the superintendent be «guided» by various «principles,» such as «[b] ringing LAUSD in line with national averages for class size, counselor ratios, administrator ratios, and clerical and classified ratios.»

Arizona's class size average is second highest in the nation, with an average of 24.2 students per class, compared to a national average of 15.3.

For instance, the average class size for high school science in California is 27, well above the national average (22).

It would take more than $ 20 billion just to build urgently needed schools for these 100,000 students plus the 40,000 new student spots needed for full day Kindergarten plus tens of thousands more schools needed to lower class sizes down to the national average.