Out With the Old-In With the New

Thoughts on the Future of Educational Productivity Research

Bibliographic Data

ID11256202
AuthorsAnthony Rolle (Vanderbilt University, corresponding author)
Year2004
Volume79
Issue3
Pages31-56
Publication date2004-07-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenuePeabody Journal of Education (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0161-956X • E-ISSN: 1532-7930
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1207/s15327930pje7903_3
OpenAlexW2085963081
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited25

The purpose of this article is to present a review of-and to provide insight into future directions for research on-the literature surrounding the efficient production of educational outcomes. Research studies on educational productivity and efficiency generally support 2 dominant paradigms within the field of school finance: (a) Money Does Not Matter and (b) Money Does Matter. After a brief historical review, the article critiques the cost-minimization assumptions implicit to both paradigms, using public choice theory as a basis to acknowledge that nonmarket forces influence educational productivity. Next, suggestions are made surrounding normative economics concepts that need to be expanded, explored, and operationalized to measure educational efficiency more appropriately. Finally, it is suggested that researchers investigate at least 3 nontraditional methods to measure levels of economic efficiency in public educational organizations: (a) modified quadriform analysis, (b) data envelopment analysis, and (c) stochastic frontier analysis

Allocative efficiency · Data envelopment analysis · Economic growth · Economics · Educational research · Epistemology · Microeconomics · Nonmarket forces · Normative · Operationalization · Political science · Positive economics · Production–possibility frontier · Productivity · Public economics · Social science · Sociology · Efficiency Analysis Using DEA · Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth · School Choice and Performance

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