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Download full textBurkhauser, Susan; Mellor, Lynn; Garland, Marshall; Osman, David – Regional Educational Laboratory Southwest, 2021
Texas House Bill 3 established a college, career, and military readiness (CCMR) outcomes bonus, which provides extra funding to districts for each annual graduate demonstrating CCMR under the state accountability system. Some small district and rural district leaders expressed concern about the ability of their graduates to meet the career…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Alternative Assessment, Career Readiness, Small Schools
Abshier, William Cody; Harris, Sandra; Hopson, Michael – Rural Educator, 2011
The purpose of this qualitative, narrative study was to investigate the perceptions of successful small-school superintendents in regard to maintaining or improving district efficiency and financial status. Face-to-face interviews were conducted with seven purposefully selected small-school superintendents. Findings suggest that in their efforts…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Superintendents, Transfer Students, Income
Schwartz, Amy Ellen; Stiefel, Leanna; Wiswall, Matthew – Institute for Education and Social Policy, 2012
We evaluate the effectiveness of small high school reform in the country's largest school district, New York City. Using a rich administrative dataset for multiple cohorts of students and distance between student residence and school to instrument for endogenous school selection, we find substantial heterogeneity in school effects: newly created…
Descriptors: Small Schools, Urban Schools, School District Size, School Districts
Scafidi, Benjamin – Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice, 2012
In this report, the author constructs the first ever estimates for each state and the District of Columbia of the short-run fixed costs of educating children in public schools. He endeavors to make cautious overestimates of these short-run fixed costs. The United States' average spending per student was $12,450 in 2008-09. The author estimates…
Descriptors: Expenditures, Small Schools, Public Schools, Private Schools
Direct linkLewis, Jessica L.; Springer, Matthew G. – National Center on Performance Incentives, 2008
This study examines why 51 schools declined an invitation to participate in a state-funded educator incentive initiative, the Texas Educator Excellence Grant (TEEG) program. Using data from an ongoing evaluation of the TEEG program conducted by the National Center on Performance Incentives (NCPI) under contract with Texas Education Agency, this…
Descriptors: Merit Pay, Incentives, State Programs, Public Schools
Groholski, Kenneth Lee – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The purpose of this study was to compare the perceptions of Texas Public School superintendents and school board presidents on the importance of leadership characteristics of the superintendency. The questionnaire used in this study was developed by Dr. Douglas D. Wilson and modified by the researcher. Responses to a Likert Scale instrument and…
Descriptors: Small Schools, Public Schools, School District Size, Likert Scales
