An efficiency study of urban public elementary schools using data envelopment analysis
by Christie Morgan, Jose Humberto Ablanedo-Rosas, Hongman Gao
International Journal of Management in Education (IJMIE), Vol. 4, No. 2, 2010

Abstract: This study measures efficiency in 21 urban public elementary schools in a south-eastern state of the USA using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). The empirical study uses regression analysis to determine predictors of student achievement which are then used in DEA to determine efficient schools. Two DEA models are run, as well as a ratio of the two which shows the scale efficiency of each school. One-half of the schools are found to be efficiently using the resources at their disposal. Although principal tenure is shown to be positively correlated and predictive of student achievement, it is not necessarily predictive of efficiency. Policy implications are included.

Online publication date: Mon, 11-Jan-2010

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