Quotes are taken from a message written by Ron to Sheila on 06/29/96...
RM>Or ANY single factor.... Statistics, in general, with regard
RM>to education ARE, in fact, damn near useless for exactly the
RM>reason you cite above!
I disagree.  Done over a large enough sample, as was the case in 
Tennessee, other factors in the study of class size should become 
trivialized.  Far too often, in education, we follow our hearts to the 
new teaching techniques instead of the research.  As a result, we have 
classes of 35 kids in some districts (because we know in our hearts that 
classes of 15 won't make a difference).
It is time we stopped chasing educational fads that sound good on paper 
(whole language, NCTM Standards), and followed the research.
Chuck Beams
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cbeams@future.dreamscape.com
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