In the last decade or so, the amount of homework assigned to kids who are making their way through grade school has increased significantly. While we’re pretty sure all the extra work is assigned with the best intentions (hey, it’s not like teachers love grading thousands of worksheets, either, right?), it might not be paying off as much as we initially thought.
Research from the National Assessment of Education Progress, which assesses student learning through the US, showed no correlation between how much homework elementary school students were assigned and test results in reading and math — even compared with students who didn’t do any homework at all.
If your little one is in grade school, experts recommend sticking to the “10-Minute Rule,” which means they should be completing 10 minutes of daily homework per grade level. So if your kid is in third grade, expect a half hour of after-school work each evening.
