Efficiency and cost in education: year-round versus traditional schedules.

Autor/inn/en	Daneshvary, Nasser; Clauretie, Terrence M.
Titel	Efficiency and cost in education: year-round versus traditional schedules.
Quelle	In: Economics of education review, 20 (2001) 3, S. 279-287Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Literaturangaben 15; Tabellen 4
Sprache	englisch; englische Zusammenfassung
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0272-7757
DOI	10.1016/S0272-7757(00)00010-8
Schlagwörter	Empirische Untersuchung; Schule; Schuljahr; Ganzjahresschule; Unterrichtszeit; Kosten; Kosten-Nutzen-Analyse; Effizienz; USA
Abstract	This study explores the cost savings (efficiency) of a year-round schedule versus a traditional 9-month schedule for schools in Clark County, Nevada. Unlike many previous studies, the cost of real estate capital is included in the estimated cost functions. The sample includes 115 elementary schools, 26 with a year-round schedule, and the study finds that this schedule not only produces efficiencies in the cost of capital area but also in other areas such as operations. These efficiencies are evident after taking into account the usual average daily attendance, test performance scores, and socioeconomic variables that are customarily used in such studies. The existence and size of efficiencies discovered in this study have implications for those school districts that face a rapidly growing student population. (DIPF/orig.)
Erfasst von	DIPF \| Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsforschung und Bildungsinformation, Frankfurt am Main
Update	2002_(CD)