Editing Homework (section)

=== Academic performance ===
[[File:L’éducation.jpg|thumb|[[Senegal]]ese child doing homework]]
Homework research dates back to the early 1900s. However, no consensus exists on the general effectiveness on homework.{{Sfnp|Trautwein|Köller|2003}} Results of homework studies vary based on multiple factors, such as the age group of those studied and the measure of academic performance.{{Sfnp|Cooper|Robinson|Patall|2006|p=1}}

Younger students who spend more time on homework generally have slightly worse, or the same academic performance, as those who spend less time on homework.{{Sfnp|Cooper|Robinson|Patall|2006|pp=42–51}} Homework has not been shown to improve academic achievements for [[grade school]] students. Proponents claim that assigning homework to young children helps them learn good study habits.  No research has ever been conducted to determine whether this claim has any merit.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Bazelon|first=Emily|date=2006-09-14|title=Forget Homework|language=en-US|work=Slate|url=http://www.slate.com/articles/life/family/2006/09/forget_homework.html|access-date=2018-04-11|issn=1091-2339|archive-date=2018-04-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180412082405/http://www.slate.com/articles/life/family/2006/09/forget_homework.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Among teenagers, students who spend more time on homework generally have higher [[Grading in education|grades]], and higher [[Test score|test scores]] than students who spend less time on homework.{{Sfnp|Cooper|Robinson|Patall|2006|pp=42–51}} Large amounts of homework cause students' academic performance to worsen, even among older students.{{Sfnp|Cooper|Robinson|Patall|2006|pp=42–51}}  Students who are assigned homework in [[Middle school|middle]] and [[high school]] score somewhat better on standardized tests, but the students who have more than 90 minutes of homework a day in middle school or more than two hours in high school score worse.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1376208,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061110053414/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0%2C9171%2C1376208%2C00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 10, 2006|title=The Myth About Homework|last=Wallis|first=Claudia|date=August 29, 2006|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]}}
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Low-achieving students receive more benefit from doing homework than high-achieving students.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/education-37494563|title=Is homework worth the hassle?|last=Coughlan|first=Sean|date=2016-09-28|work=BBC News|access-date=2017-04-21|language=en-GB|archive-date=2017-04-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170422032836/http://www.bbc.com/news/education-37494563|url-status=live}}</ref>  However, school teachers commonly assign less homework to the students who need it most, and more homework to the students who are performing well.<ref name=":0" /> In past centuries, homework was a cause of academic failure: when school attendance was optional, students would [[Dropping out of school|drop out of school]] entirely if they were unable to keep up with the homework assigned.<ref name=":2">{{cite web|url=https://slate.com/human-interest/2019/10/parents-complaining-about-homework-history.html|title=The Long History of Parents Complaining About Their Kids' Homework|last=Onion|first=Rebecca|date=2019-10-04|website=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]] |access-date=2019-10-04|archive-date=2019-10-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191004194112/https://slate.com/human-interest/2019/10/parents-complaining-about-homework-history.html|url-status=live}}</ref>