Determining the Comparative Efficiency of Schools through Data Envelopment Analysis.

Bessent, Authella M.; Bessent, E. Wailand

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Publication Date: 1980

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Determining the Comparative Efficiency of Schools through Data Envelopment Analysis.

Bessent, Authella M.; Bessent, E. Wailand

Educational Administration Quarterly, v16 n2 p57-75 Spr 1980

A newly developed input/output method for comparing the efficiency of urban elementary schools is presented. The method results in the identification of efficient and inefficient schools and provides management information relative to input and output measures. (Author/IRT)

Descriptors: Efficiency, Elementary Education, Elementary Schools, Input Output Analysis, Linear Programing, Mathematical Models, Outcomes of Education, Productivity, Urban Schools

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Reports - Descriptive

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