Re: [LincolnTalk] Class Sizes Does Matter

2023-03-24 Thread Peter Buchthal
The Department of Education has conducted research that bolsters the case that our small class sizes should be reevaluated when our new Superintendent becomes the CEO of our district. The paper you cited (from 2012) should be compared with the more recent 2017 Massachusetts Secretary of Educatio

[LincolnTalk] Class Sizes Does Matter

2023-03-24 Thread Benjamin Shiller
I would like to push back against recent claims that smaller classes do not improve outcomes. A recent study in a top journal (implying the study was highly scrutinized and passed) shows that exogenous changes in class size have meaningful impacts on a variety of long run outcomes. Smaller class