Enjoy the first video in our summer "Fun Fact Friday!" series. Each week we'll present an interesting education fact in a fun visual format. This one takes on the myth that class size is inversely related to student achievement.
Fun Fact Friday! - Student/Teacher Ratio from Education Gadfly on Vimeo .
SOURCES FOR THIS VIDEO (added July 11, 2009)
Student teacher ratios, for primary school level: World Bank, 2007
Quote about students doing better in smaller classes: ???Class Size Counts: The research shows us why,??? by Daniel Gursky, American Teacher, April 1998
PISA math scores: Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, Programme for International Student Assessment, 2006 results