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Autor/inn/en | Womack, Sid T.; Roberts, Kerry; Bell, C. David; Womack, Karen |
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Titel | A Cost-Benefit Analysis for Per-Student Expenditures and Academic Achievement |
Quelle | (2015), (20 Seiten)
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Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Monographie |
Schlagwörter | Cost Effectiveness; Expenditure per Student; Educational Finance; Predictor Variables; Academic Achievement; College Entrance Examinations; Scores; Correlation; Economic Factors; Census Figures; Income; Statistical Analysis; Regression (Statistics); High School Students; ACT Assessment Kosten-Nutzen-Analyse; Kosten-Nutzen-Denken; Bildungsfonds; Prädiktor; Schulleistung; Aufnahmeprüfung; Korrelation; Ökonomischer Faktor; Volkszählung; Einkommen; Statistische Analyse; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Assessment; Eignungsprüfung; Eignungstest; Hochschulzulassung |
Abstract | Cost-benefit correlations have been subject to "selective sampling" in the media. Usually extremes of data from a very few high-funding and low-funding states are cited in the media to construct the case that there is no relationship between economic inputs and academic outputs. This study, using average per-pupil expenditures and ACT data from all 50 states, showed a 0.54 correlation. When data were systematically reduced from 50 states to 35 to eliminate the highest- and lowest- spending states, the cost-benefit relationship improved to 0.69, accounting for 47% of the variance in ACT scores. For the 2009-2010 school year, the 35 states in the most predictive range spent from $8712 (Arkansas) to $14,531 per student. Per-pupil expenditures outside that range were not significantly predictive of academic achievement as assessed by the ACT scores of graduating senior in spring 2010. (As Provided). |
Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |
Update | 2020/1/01 |