Reducing Class Size Doesn’t Guarantee Higher Student Scores, Report Says

The National Council on Teacher Quality recommends paying effective teachers more in large classrooms instead of hiring new teachers.

Students await their teacher at Harlem Success Academy, a free, public elementary charter school in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City, on March 30, 2009. Chris Hondros/Getty Images

Teacher unions have long advocated reducing class sizes by hiring more teachers. A national education policy organization takes a different approach.

“Shrinking class size is not guaranteed to [improve] student outcomes,” Heather Peske, president of the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ), said during an Aug. 16 interview with The Epoch Times.