Expenditure and Size Efficiencies of Public School Districts
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9733872 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Herbert J Walberg (University of Illinois at Chicago, 522 North Euchd Ave., Oak Park, IL 60302. His specialization is educational productivity and psychology, corresponding author), WILLIAM J FOWLER (U.S. Dept. of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, Center for Educational Statistics, 555 New Jersey Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20208-1401. His specializations are school finance and educational productivity) |
| Year | 1987 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 7 |
| Pages | 5 |
| Publication date | 1987-10-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Educational Researcher (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0013-189X • E-ISSN: 1935-102X |
| Publisher | American Educational Research Association (AERA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1174684 |
| OpenAlex | W4256191495, W2080196175 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 18 |
| References cited | 15 |
In one of the largest studies yet carried out on the subject, the average scores on state-developed and nationally standardized tests of third-, sixth-, and ninth-graders in New Jersey districts were regressed on indexes of district socioeconomic status (SES), per-student expenditures on education, and the size of enrollments in the districts. The numbers of districts entering the analyses, depending on grade level and test, varied from 261 to 507. SES accounted for much of the accountable variance; higher SES districts, of course, achieved more than lower SES districts. When SES was taken into account, higher expenditures were inconsistently and generally insignificantly (probability less than 0. 05) associated with lower test scores; and students m smaller districts generally achieved more than those in larger districts. The inefficiency of expenditures and diseconomies of scale in rinsing achievement are contrary to popular and considerable opinion but corroborate previous research
Demographic economics · Diseconomies of scale · Economics · Economies of scale · Geography · Inefficiency · Ninth · Population · Socioeconomic status · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Test (biology · Demography · Diverse Educational Innovations Studies · Education Systems and Policy · Higher Education Research Studies · Psychology · School Choice and Performance
Assessing the Effects of School Resources on Student Performance
The Effect of School Resources on Student Achievement
Linking Leadership to Student Learning
Uneven Urbanscape
Budget-Constrained Frontier Measures of Fiscal Equality and Efficiency in Schooling
Net-Widening in Schools
U.S. Schools Teach Reading Least Productively
Economies of scale for large school districts
Out With the Old-In With the New
Managerial efficiency in local government
Funding at-risk compensatory programs
School Board Member Role Expectations in Making Decisions about Educational Programs
Losing Local Control
School Size
A District of a Certain Size
District Size and Student Learning
The Influence of Family and Community Social Capital on Educational Achievement
In search of cost-effective schools
| Citations per year | 0.49 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1989 - 2022 (34) |
| Highly cited | No |