Improving Educational Productivity (Hc)

by David H Monk, Margaret C Wang, Herbert J Walberg

Overview

Covering such issues as teaching quality, the interface between public and private schooling, and measuring school efficiency, this text addresses the improvement of educational productivity in the USA

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781930608450
Publisher:	Information Age Publishing, Inc.
Publication date:	01/01/2001
Series:	Research in Educational Productivity , #1
Pages:	252
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.63(d)

Table of Contents

1.	Introduction and Overview	1
2.	Tax Revolts and School Performance	7
3.	State Aid and Education Outcomes	27
4.	The Interface between Public and Private Schooling: Market Pressure and the Impact on Performance	47
5.	The Economics of Grade Retention	77
6.	Teacher Quality: Its Enhancement and Potential for Improving Pupil Achievement	99
7.	Measuring School Efficiency: Lessons from Economics, Implications for Practice	115
8.	Examining School-Level Expenditures and School Performance: The Case of New York City	139
9.	The Relationship between Student Performance and School Expenditures: A Review of the Literature and New Evidence Using Better Data	167
10.	Exploring the Nexus between Educational Inputs, Distribution of Performance, and Incentives	185
11.	Problems in the Estimation of School Effects: Insights from Improved Models	209
12.	Conclusions and Recommendations	231
	About the Authors	237

Editorial Reviews

Papers presented at a December 2000 conference convened by the Laboratory of School Success in Washington, D.C., interpret the latest research on the economics of education, for policymakers at the local, state, and national levels. Contributors in economics, education, and public administration provide overviews, critiques, and findings with implications for strengthening K-12 schools. They deal with external influences on the operation of public schools, such as fluctuations in public funding, and focus on phenomena that affect the productivity of school systems, including alternative grade-retention practices and teacher resources. This book is not indexed. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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