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Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022
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Producing College, Career, and Military Ready Graduates: A Study of Efficiency in Texas Public School Districts
James J. Barton; Kaye Shelton; Kenneth Young
School Leadership Review, v17 n1 Article 8 Fall-Win 2022
Public school districts in Texas and policymakers need studies of efficiency in the production of College, Career, and Military Ready graduates to maximize resources in the House Bill 3 funding formula and improve ratings in the Texas public school accountability system. A replication of efficiency studies by Carter (2012) and Thompson (2017), the purpose of this non-experimental quantitative study was to determine what discretionary and non-discretionary factors influence the efficiency of Texas public school districts' production of College, Career, and Military Ready graduates. With financial and student performance data for 1054 school districts from the 2017-2018 school year, Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) was used to measure the relative efficiency of each school district. A regression analysis found a significant positive influence on school district efficiency for total student enrollment. The percentage of non-white students and instructional expenditures per pupil did not have a significant influence on school district efficiency. This research study is useful to educators, legislators, and researchers for determining the allocation of resources for programs with the ability to produce College, Career, and Military Ready graduates.
Descriptors: College Readiness, Career Readiness, Armed Forces, High School Graduates, School Effectiveness, Public Schools, Outcomes of Education, Predictor Variables, Educational Resources, Institutional Characteristics, Differences
Texas Council of Professors of Educational Administration. Web site: https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/slr/
Related Records: ED650927
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Texas
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