Python: Passing a class name as a parameter to a function?

class TestSpeedRetrieval(webapp.RequestHandler):
  """
  Test retrieval times of various important records in the BigTable database 
  """
  def __init__(self, cls):
      self.cls = cls

  def get(self):
      commandValidated = True 
      beginTime = time()
      itemList = self.cls.all().fetch(1000) 

      for item in itemList: 
          pass 
      endTime = time()
      self.response.out.write("<br/>%s count=%d Duration=%s" % (self.cls.__name__, len(itemList), duration(beginTime,endTime))

TestRetrievalOfClass(Subscriber)