tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4159906646513306121.post4699654059446645451..comments2023-11-19T20:38:50.237-08:00Comments on Economic Logic: Class size and student performance: major pitfalls in measurementEconomic Logicianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10171296292101248614noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4159906646513306121.post-84302517738059450852009-05-23T23:03:14.282-07:002009-05-23T23:03:14.282-07:00Many years ago a class size student performance st...Many years ago a class size student performance study was done in New York City (NYC). The "educationalists" were shocked with the result: the kids in larger classes did better.<br />What the "educationalist" fools didn't know is that in those days, about 45 years ago, NYC had a target class size of 32. It assigned better performing students to larger classes, up to 40. Why? They had fewer behaviorial problems. Result: larger classes "led" to better student performance.<br />I have no use for these class size studies. For my money, all they are are attempts by the "teacher-educator-consultant-diversity" complex to get the public to spend more money on schooling the ineducable. I want to be clear on this: I don't think any of these studies is worth a nickel.Independent Accountanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07800220849565219709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4159906646513306121.post-23413521865350962552009-05-22T06:25:02.372-07:002009-05-22T06:25:02.372-07:00And that said, there are still many papers publish...And that said, there are still many papers published on the class size published with simple linear regressions or even simple correlations. At least that should no longer be tolerated in Economics journals, but Education journals are still accepting them...Education economistnoreply@blogger.com