tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8895200797299787815.post-90854577712994422562007-11-04T20:00:00.000-06:002007-11-04T20:00:00.000-06:00Anonymous 7:39 posts: <BR/>"i would prefer real statistically valid research that shows statisitcal significance over "COMMON SENSE". "<BR/><BR/>Really, you anonymous poster(s) act like I made this data up... Many different SCHOLARLY journals refer to the STAR data as "a high quality long-term experiment to date in the field of education." <BR/><BR/>I highly doubt the Columbia School of Public Health would use a study that was not statistically significant. But we should believe instead an anonymous poster with no credentials and in fact not even the courage to sign his/her name. Sorry, the STAR study has plenty of statistically significant information and the ONE study posted that supposedly refutes the STAR reseach actually states that smaller class sizes have benefits for poor children (exactly the students served by SAGE in Oshkosh).<BR/><BR/>As for the other posts I did not post here... well they contributed NOTHING to the discussion...Teresa Thielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01097990067216672469noreply@blogger.com