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[quote=Anonymous][quote]FINE, you lazy PP. See that "Search" function on the upper left-hand function? I ran the search for you. To wit:

I've done plenty of research. The empirical research shows time and time again teaching methods matter, not class size, and that teachers generally don't change their methods based on class size. So proud that you can Google, but you skipped the more relevant literature.

There are some exceptions when lower income populations are involved, but that's not relevant to FCPS.

You're the one who's dead wrong. Don't chime in when you're ignorant of the facts.

Here's one meta analysis: http://qje.oxfordjournals.org/content/115/4/1239.short. Right in the abstract (since I know you wouldn't understand the report itself): "The estimates indicate that class size does not have a statistically significant effect on student achievement."

Or maybe you prefer: http://eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/search/detailmini...SearchType_0=no&accno=EJ431933 Abstract: "Reduced class size may improve school tone and morale, but it is not an adequate policy alone for significantly accelerating student achievement"

Dutch study points out research from educators is different from that of economists: http://www1.fee.uva.nl/scholar/wp/wp04-99.pdf

You are wrong, I am right. Please, in the future, don't post about things you don't understand.[/quote]

Seriously? This is your extensive research? Did you even bother to read these studies?

Your strongest case is the first study. One. Study. Hardly the overwhelming facts you asserted.

Screaming the loudest doesn't make you right. Good research does. And you fail.[/quote]

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