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To: Les H who wrote (9324)	3/2/2003 1:24:52 PM
From: marcher	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 306849

>>Believe it was either Louisiana or Texas...it was in the news<< I would love to review this study. Again, I think the media and politicians often distort educational research. >>Previous success by the same teacher was likely to be repeated.<< Yes, this makes sense. >>...other environmental factors have as much a bearing on the outcomes...<< Sure, environmental factors from outside the school influence student performance. There is good research support for K-3 class-size reduction. This is not to say that all the studies support it. Educational practice should be heavily influenced by educational research. We shouldn't, however, toss out a program with strong support just because one study or a minor set of studies questions a program's effectiveness. Many, if not nearly all, California educators will say that one of the problems of public education is the frequency of pendulum shifts. Almost as soon as a program is begun, it is changed or discontinued. Most often this is not because teachers disapprove of the program. The changes are usually due to political pressure. These politics usually disregard the research. Or, in the California class-size reduction case, politics distort the reporting of the research. The recent California study is probably one of the largest and best designed studies of class-size reduction. It found a statistically significant positive effect on academic achievement. This is not the leaky boat.