Long-Run Trends in School Productivity: Evidence from Australia

Autor/inn/en	Leigh, Andrew; Ryan, Chris
Titel	Long-Run Trends in School Productivity: Evidence from Australia
Quelle	In: Education Finance and Policy, 6 (2011) 1, S.105-135 (31 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1557-3060
DOI	10.1162/EDFP_a_00024
Schlagwörter	Literacy; Numeracy; Schools; Productivity; Early Adolescents; Expenditure per Student; Television Viewing; Violence; Student Attitudes; Educational Trends; Foreign Countries; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Alphabetisierung; Schreib- und Lesefähigkeit; Rechenkompetenz; School; Schule; Produktivität; Fernsehkonsum; Gewalt; Schülerverhalten; Bildungsentwicklung; Ausland; Australien
Abstract	Outside the United States, very little is known about long-run trends in school productivity. We present new evidence using two data series from Australia, where comparable tests are available back to the 1960s. For young teenagers (aged 13-14), we find a small but statistically significant fall in numeracy over the period 1964-2003 and in both literacy and numeracy over the period 1975-98. The decline is in the order of one-tenth to one-fifth of a standard deviation. Adjusting this decline for changes in student demographics does not affect this conclusion; if anything, the decline appears to be more acute. The available evidence also suggests that any changes in student attitudes, school violence, and television viewing are unlikely to have had a major impact on test scores. Real per child school expenditure increased substantially over this period, implying a fall in school productivity. Although we cannot account for all the phenomena that might have affected school productivity, we identify a number of plausible explanations. (As Provided).
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