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From: Volsi Mimir	3/7/2005 11:55:24 PM
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Education topics from Out of Control blog: Smaller is better? It seems so straightforward. Smaller classes allow teachers to give more time to each student, and that boosts achievement. Or does it? Here’s our Lisa Snell: A recent British study has cast serious doubt on the commonly held notion that smaller class sizes can by themselves improve student achievement. A team of researchers from the University of London studied 21,000 British students in grades 4 through 6 to determine the effects of class size on student achievement … The study found no evidence that children in smaller classes made more progress in mathematics, English, or science, even after accounting for specific characteristics of students in small or large classrooms … The British study tracks similar findings from a large-scale study of California’s class-size reduction program completed last year by the RAND Corporation, which examined the standardized test scores over five years for pupils in 2,892 schools across the state. The RAND researchers found class size had little effect on student achievement in California. Other nations who educate their kids better than we do often have rather large class sizes. And somehow Catholic schools have been able to do a good job teaching large groups of kids. Posted by tedb at 11:12 AM \| Comments? Email Us March 03, 2005 Private Schooling Saves Dough We often hear that homeschooling saps resources from public schools. A new study from the Nevada Policy Research Institute finds just the opposite. Homeschoolers save taxpayers' money. Add private school kids, and lots of money is saved: Based on 2003 data, the analysis shows an annual potential cost savings to Nevada taxpayers ranging from $24.3 million to $34.6 million attributable to homeschool students, and another $101.9 million to $147 million attributable to private school students, for a combined total of $126.2 million to $181.7 million. Should we expect to see a pro-homeschooling campaign from the NEA? Probably not. (Via Café Hayek.) Posted by tedb at 04:16 PM \| Comments? Email Us

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