Evaluating Educational Efficiency in Texas Public Schools Utilizing Data Envelopment Analysis

Autor/inn/en	Thompson, Jeremy; Young, J. Kenneth; Shelton, Kaye
Titel	Evaluating Educational Efficiency in Texas Public Schools Utilizing Data Envelopment Analysis
Quelle	In: School Leadership Review, 16 (2021) 1, Artikel 9 (36 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1559-4998
Schlagwörter	Efficiency; Public Schools; School Districts; Performance Factors; Data Analysis; Input Output Analysis; Academic Achievement; Enrollment; Expenditure per Student; Economically Disadvantaged; Minority Group Students; Teacher Qualifications; Decision Making; Educational Finance; Teacher Salaries; Standardized Tests; Teaching Experience; Elementary Secondary Education; Multiple Regression Analysis; Texas + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Effectiveness; Effektivität; Wirkungsgrad; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; School district; Schulbezirk; Leistungsindikator; Auswertung; Schulleistung; Einschulung; Lehrqualifikation; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Bildungsfonds; Lehrerbesoldung; Lehrervergütung; Standadised tests; Standardisierter Test
Abstract	Policymakers and professional educators attempt to be good stewards of public funds while simultaneously raising expectations for student outcomes that reflect academic excellence in the public school system. The purpose of this study was to determine the efficiency of Texas public school districts and the factors influencing the inefficiency of districts. This study is a replication of a similar efficiency study conducted by Carter (2012), which considered student performance in the 2009-10 school year on the TAKS tests. This study utilized quantitative research methods to gather data and implemented data envelopment analysis (DEA) to calculate a relative efficiency score for 1015 Texas public school districts using student performance data from the STAAR tests in 2014-15. Regression analysis was utilized to identify the effect of four discretionary inputs and four non-discretionary inputs on the relative efficiency of each district. School district efficiency was found to be significantly and positively affected by a district's total student enrollment and total expenditures for instruction per student, and negatively influenced by the percentages of non-white and economically disadvantaged students, and by the percentage of teachers with master's degrees. The results of this study have implications for policymakers, educational professionals, and taxpayers. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Texas Council of Professors of Educational Administration. Web site: https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/slr/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01