A Cost-Benefit Analysis for Per-Student Expenditures and Academic Achievement

Autor/inn/en	Womack, Sid T.; Roberts, Kerry; Bell, C. David; Womack, Karen
Titel	A Cost-Benefit Analysis for Per-Student Expenditures and Academic Achievement
Quelle	(2015), (20 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Cost Effectiveness; Expenditure per Student; Educational Finance; Predictor Variables; Academic Achievement; College Entrance Examinations; Scores; Correlation; Economic Factors; Census Figures; Income; Statistical Analysis; Regression (Statistics); High School Students; ACT Assessment + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kosten-Nutzen-Analyse; Kosten-Nutzen-Denken; Bildungsfonds; Prädiktor; Schulleistung; Aufnahmeprüfung; Korrelation; Ökonomischer Faktor; Volkszählung; Einkommen; Statistische Analyse; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Assessment; Eignungsprüfung; Eignungstest; Hochschulzulassung
Abstract	Cost-benefit correlations have been subject to "selective sampling" in the media. Usually extremes of data from a very few high-funding and low-funding states are cited in the media to construct the case that there is no relationship between economic inputs and academic outputs. This study, using average per-pupil expenditures and ACT data from all 50 states, showed a 0.54 correlation. When data were systematically reduced from 50 states to 35 to eliminate the highest- and lowest- spending states, the cost-benefit relationship improved to 0.69, accounting for 47% of the variance in ACT scores. For the 2009-2010 school year, the 35 states in the most predictive range spent from $8712 (Arkansas) to $14,531 per student. Per-pupil expenditures outside that range were not significantly predictive of academic achievement as assessed by the ACT scores of graduating senior in spring 2010. (As Provided).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01