Can Judges Improve Academic Achievement?

Autor/inn/en	Greene, Jay P.; Trivitt, Julie R.
Titel	Can Judges Improve Academic Achievement?
Quelle	In: Peabody Journal of Education, 83 (2008) 2, S.224-237 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0161-956X
Schlagwörter	Judges; Court Litigation; Graduation Rate; Educational Finance; Standardized Tests; Academic Achievement; Educational Change; Change Strategies; Financial Support; Scores; State Courts; Resource Allocation; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Judge; Richter; Rechtsstreit; Bildungsfonds; Standadised tests; Standardisierter Test; Schulleistung; Bildungsreform; Lösungsstrategie; Finanzielle Förderung; Staatsgerichtshof; Ressourcenallokation; USA
Abstract	Over the last 3 decades student achievement has remained essentially unchanged in the United States, but not for a lack of spending. Over the same period a myriad of education reforms have been suggested and per-pupil spending has more than doubled. Since the 1990s the education reform attempts have frequently included judicial decisions to revise state school finance systems. Invoking general clauses about the need for an adequate education found in every state constitution, judges in more than half of the states waded into the development of finely tuned reform strategies. This article empirically estimates the effect of judicial intervention on student achievement using standardized test scores and graduation rates in 48 states from 1992 to 2005. We find no evidence that court-ordered school spending improves student achievement. (Contains 6 tables.) (Author).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10