> Question Period: Class Size and Provincial Achievement Tests
Posted by Staff on February 24, 2010
Tags: achievement tests , Alberta Education , Alberta Legislature , class sizes , Question Period

Mr. Marz: Well, thank you, Mr. Speaker. Yesterday we heard in the Assembly that the number of teachers has increased in the province by 10 per cent while at the same time the student popula­tion has only increased by 1 per cent. My question to the Minister of Education is: have student achievement test results seen a corresponding rate of increase during that same time frame?...

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> Question Period: School Class Sizes and Utilization
Posted by Staff on February 23, 2010
Tags: Alberta Education , Alberta Legislature , class sizes , Question Period , schools

Mr. Griffiths: Thank you, Mr. Speaker. After doing a little bit of research, it came to my attention that from 2004 until 2009 there was an increase of 3,300 teachers in Alberta's school system, but there was only an increase of 12,000 students. That represents a 10.5 per cent increase in the number of teachers, but the student population only went up by 1.4 per cent. To the Minister of Education: what would drive...

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