AQW 4337/09

Mrs Naomi Long
Alliance Party
East Belfast

Tabled Date: 22/01/2009
Answered On Date: 05/02/2009
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Education what research, if any, has been undertaken by her Department to assess the impact of composite classes on (i) educational attainment; and (ii) school enrolment levels.

Answer:

Ní dhearna ná níor choimisiúnaigh an Roinn taighde le measúnú a dhéanamh ar thionchar ranganna cónasctha (i) ar ghnóthachtáil oideachais; agus (ii) ar leibhéil rollaithe scoile.

The Department has not undertaken nor commissioned research to assess the impact of composite classes on (i) educational attainment; and (ii) school enrolment levels. The pupil level data required to undertake such analysis are not currently held by the Department therefore no assessment of impact can be made.