Audrey Johnson wrote: > I wanted to respond to this a while back, last week was tremendously busy > and my kids were on the computor almost all evenings doing school work and > projects. I do have the information Mr. Atherton requested about the study > that quoted the numbers on student achievement and the most important > factors that add to valuable educational experiences: > > research shows that student acheivement can > >> be accurrately measured as follows: 49% attributed to parent involvement, > >> about 42% teacher quality, and about 8% to class size. > > > >Reference please! > > Ref. 1 Doing What matters Most: Investing in Quality Teaching, Prepared > for the Natl. Commission on Teaching and America's Future, by Linda Darling > Kurtz, Nov. 1977 >
I think that the correct reference is: Doing What matters Most: Investing in Quality Teaching Prepared for the National Commission on Teaching and America�s Future by Linda Darling-Hammond Nov. 1997 http://www.tc.columbia.edu/nctaf/publications/doing.html The variance proportions cited in the report were really 8%, 43%, and 49%, not 8%, 42%, and 49% as cited in Ms. Johnson's post. And, if you know anything about statistics and regression models then you should realize that these proportions of variance are unrealistic. More on this to come. Michael Atherton Prospect Park _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
