1 / 18

Class size trends Citywide, District 24, and District 30 data

Smaller classes have been linked to better student outcomes in every way that can be measured. This article highlights the benefits of smaller classes and the disparities in class sizes across NYC districts. It also advocates for allocating funds to reduce class sizes and an accelerated capital plan.

spatricia
Download Presentation

Class size trends Citywide, District 24, and District 30 data

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Class size trends Citywide, District 24, and District 30 data Leonie Haimson Class Size Matters www.classsizematters.org 4.29.19

  2. Smaller classes have been linked to better student outcomes in every way that can be measured • Better grades, better test scores, more engaged and less likely be disruptive when they’re provided with smaller classes. • Students randomly assigned to smaller classes are more likely to graduate from HS in 4 years, go onto college, get a STEM degree, own their own home and have a 401K3 more than 20 years later. • Most importantly, small classes are one of only a handful of reforms that narrows the achievement gap between economic & racial groups and thus are essential for true equity in the NYC public schools.

  3. D24 K-3 average class sizes fell by 0.1 this year and D30 K-3 average class sizes remained the same. Both districts are still far above 2007 and C4E levels.

  4. Grades 4-8th average class sizes in D24 and D30 increased by 0.1 and 0.3 respectively. Both districts remain far above 2007 and C4E levels.

  5. Class sizes - D24 and D30 vs. NYCD24 and D30 class sizes as much as 15% higher than citywide average data source: NYSED for 2016-2017 http://www.p12.nysed.gov/irs/pmf, DOE Class Size Report 2016-2017

  6. Class Sizes – D24 and D30 vs. rest of stateD24 class sizes 23%–43% higher on averageD30 class sizes as 15%-49% higher on average data source: NYSED for 2016-2017 http://www.p12.nysed.gov/irs/pmf, DOE Class Size Reports 2016-2017

  7. What these class size averages do not show • There are extreme disparities in class size across NYC neighborhoods and districts, with many students in classes of 30 or more. • The number of students in very large classes has grown sharply since 2007 especially in K-3.

  8. Citywide at least 336,165 students are in very large classes of 30 or more in fall 2018(14% of K-3 students, 36% of 4th-8th gr students & 57% of all HS students)

  9. In D24 and D30, 21,353 and 13,601 students were in very large class sizes 30 or more in fall 2018

  10. Percent of students in classes 30 or more in fall 2018

  11. The number of Kindergarten students in classes of 25 or more citywide has increased by more than 53% (5,893 students) since 2007

  12. The number of Kindergarten students in classes of25 or more in D24 and D30 has increased by more than 122% and 65% respectively since 2007

  13. Number of 1st - 3rd graders in classes of 30 or more has grown by nearly 3000% citywide

  14. Number of 1st - 3rd graders in classes of 30 or more in D24 and D30 has grown by 13,148 % and 4,460 % respectively. + 13,148%

  15. Number of 4th-8th graders in classes of 30 or more has grown by 40% citywide

  16. Number of 4th-8th graders in classes of 30 or more in D24 and D30 has grown by 122% and 43% respectively

  17. What should we do? • We are advocating that $200M in next year’s city budget be allocated specifically towards reducing class size, starting first in the early grades and at struggling schools. This is less than 1% of total DOE budget. • That would allow the hiring of 2,000 new teachers, which could lower class size in as many as 8,000 classrooms – as adding a new teacher at a grade level lowers class size for other students in that same grade. • We also need an accelerated capital plan. Right now 50,000 of the 57,000 seats in the new five-year capital plan aren’t proposed to be finished until 2024 or later.

More Related