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Show Survey results County classes full SALT LAKE CITY In the Iron County School District 57 of 313 high school classes have more than 30 students, a Utah Education Association survey disclosed. "Some of those classes are too big," said UEA Research Director Don Ulmer. He acknowledged that some subjects may be more suited to larger class loads, but that some "certainly are not." Ulmer observed that across the state, 1,630 English classes have more than 30 students, and that 79 of these classes have more than 40 students. "It's murder for English teachers with large class loads to give assignments," Ulmer said. "They need perhaps ten minutes to evaluate each paper, make suggestions, and assign a grade. A teacher with six classes may have 180-200 papers to evaluate, and that's just for one writing assignment." Ulmer said the statewide figures show 1,250 junior high and high seholl math classes have I more than 30 students, as do 1,341 social studies classes and 899 science classes. "They need perhaps ten minutes to evaluate each paper, make suggestions, and assign a grade. A teacher with six classes may have 180-200 papers to evaluate, and that's just for one writing assignment." |
