Letters

Class size research

Currently in the State of Washington, Initiative 1351 will appear on the November ballot. The initiative calls for the following class sizes: grades K-3, 17 students; grades 4-6, 23 to 25, and high school 24 to 29.

I will not address the costs at this point, but will summarize the Tennessee “Student/Teacher Achievement Ratio” or the STAR study conducted during 1985-1989. This study was funded by the state of Tennessee. In brief, over 7,000 students were randomly assigned to one of three interventions: 13-17 students per teacher; 22-25 students to teacher; and 22-25 students...