Determining the Comparative Efficiency of Schools through Data Envelopment Analysis
Abstract
Conventional methods for comparing the relative productivity of schools employ least square regression to find expected achievement of schools with the same input characteristics. The result is that one typically contrasts the relative effects of 'predictor' variables on achievement rather than comparing school units with respect to their input/output efficiency. A newly developed input/output method for comparing the efficiency of decision making units is presented and is applied to elementary schools in an urban school district. The method is found to identify efficient and inefficient schools and provides management information relative to input and output measures.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 1979
- Accession Number
- ADA080456
Entities
People
- A. Bessent
- W. Bessent
Organizations
- University of Texas at Austin