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Peer reviewedThanassoulis, Emmanuel – Education Economics, 1999
Develops an approach for setting performance targets for schoolchildren, using data-envelopment analysis to identify benchmark pupils who achieve the best observed performance (allowing for contextual factors). These pupils' achievement forms the basis of targets estimated. The procedure also identifies appropriate role models for weaker students'…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Benchmarking, Context Effect, Educational Objectives
