This is what I normally point to although more because they give a lot of good references and are online than because of their own research. Unfortunately, there are a lot of complicating factors here. In particular, suburban schools with generally white students from high income backgrounds are more likely to be in small class room environments, and school districts which try to keep class room sizes small are also very likely doing other things to also improve the learning environment. I can’t point to anyone who has corrected enough for all of those factors for my general satisfaction. I’d describe the data summarized in that link as strong but not conclusive.
I don’t unfortunately have that off-hand. There was a study a while ago that looked at schools where the students were primarily of different European group descents. Googling for it doesn’t turn up anything (unfortunately the obvious keywords are drowned out by many other articles looking at similar sorts of stuff for blacks and other groups). Glados linked to data below that if anything actually goes against this sort of claim a fair bit, so I’m going to withdraw it until I can find something.
This is what I normally point to although more because they give a lot of good references and are online than because of their own research. Unfortunately, there are a lot of complicating factors here. In particular, suburban schools with generally white students from high income backgrounds are more likely to be in small class room environments, and school districts which try to keep class room sizes small are also very likely doing other things to also improve the learning environment. I can’t point to anyone who has corrected enough for all of those factors for my general satisfaction. I’d describe the data summarized in that link as strong but not conclusive.
Thanks!
How about data on the Irish-Americans you mentioned?
I don’t unfortunately have that off-hand. There was a study a while ago that looked at schools where the students were primarily of different European group descents. Googling for it doesn’t turn up anything (unfortunately the obvious keywords are drowned out by many other articles looking at similar sorts of stuff for blacks and other groups). Glados linked to data below that if anything actually goes against this sort of claim a fair bit, so I’m going to withdraw it until I can find something.