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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]16:19 again.  As an added benefit, I suspect the students in the advanced category could handle slightly higher student:teacher ratios, which might allow lower student:teacher ratios in the classrooms where students are struggling to reach proficiency.

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Oh honey.  There would not be more advanced students, at least not for a long time.  Instead of three sections of mixed ability, you would end up with one very small advanced class, and one remedial class that needs a low ratio to succeed.  The remaining kids in the middle level would be two many for one class so you would need two, for a total of four instead of three.  That is why it is so expensive.[/quote]

Are you saying the school has three math teachers for three math classes? Or is the school set up like early elementary with one teacher teaching all subjects to one class?

Why can't one math teacher teach the remedial class one period and the advanced class in a different period? The other two teachers teach the mixed ability classes.[/quote]

You can, but it is still four classes instead of three.  Those teachers aren't just sitting around waiting to be assigned, they are teaching something else during that time, and if you move them, that creates a gap that would need to be filled.  Apply this reasoning to all grades in all subjects and it adds up fast.  TL;DR: small class sizes are expensive.[/quote]

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